Ye olde word
Ye olde word
Adithya Mohan
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5 minutes Posted Feb 14, 2021 at 10:30 am.
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Here in this episode we cover the history of one of the most versatile words in the English language. Curious to know what O.K. means?  Listen to the episode to find out!

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proposed_etymologies_of_OK

https://www.history.com/news/the-birth-of-ok-175-years-ago

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/the-hilarious-history-of-ok-okay

https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2017/11/16/ok-is-a-four-letter-word/

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-12503686