Do you know what the word "OK" comes out from? it is an abbreviation of the word 'oll korrect'. how? isn't it 'all correct'?Want to know the history? Here, the fact..
So at the time of the year 1839 in the city of New York and Boston are more trendy names such slang language. rich example abbreviation "KY" cognate 'know yuse'; 'OW' for 'oll wright (the predecessor of' oll korrect ');' KG 'to' go know ',' NS 'for' nuff said; and many others.
OK is a slang that still survive, because in 1840 there was an election in New York where the candidate who named Martin Van Buren used the word OK as a slogan. Van Buren call name is' Old Kinderhook ', so the people who formed the group named' OK Club ', which has a double meaning which is' oll korrect and 'Old Kinderhook'. but this gives an opportunity for opponents to ridicule Van Buren supporters as a group of illiterate
Other facts
* Sentence 'Okey-Doke' first appeared in 1932, originally from the habits of people who speak english OK reads 'Okie'. who then brought to America, where the American people ring it with a version of 'e' which is longer, giving rise to rhyme
* Greek people who bermigarasi to America but later returned to his homeland called by the greek as 'okay, boys', because they have adopted the American habit who say the word OK
* The OK verb originally appeared in 1919 described as "okeh", which confused the people said Choctaw (Native American people who are united southeast section) "okeh", which means "it is so." But in 1929, was replaced with the right spelling, which has pretty much lasted until today.
