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English Linguistics This forum is intended to explore English language linguistics. Discuss terminology, vocabulary, grammatical approach and style and other English linguistics issues.

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Old 07-26-2007, 04:15 PM   #11
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i have also heard that O.K originated during WWII, stands for "0 Kills"...anyone else heard of that?

I also heard about the 0 killed, but all the other versions are very interesting as well.
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I heard that last version too. Well, who knows...
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So if OK stands for "all correct," wouldn't it be "AC"? Not exactly, says linguist Erin McKean, who points out that the word was intentionally misspelled. Much like the way people on the Internet shorten or abbreviate words when typing, OK was misspelled on purpose.

Wow, so it's like saying "LOL" in a conversation? this bodes poorly for the future . JK! ROFLMAO
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