Not sure where it came from, but of course everything is blamed on Vietnam or earlier military events, like Roger Wilco and FUBAR, but I do know "OK" is uniquely American in how it is said and uttered. For example, I've had German relatives try to say the word and use it and they sound facetious or insulting because they use the wrong intonation. It's a bit like an American trying to learn and speak Chinese. A whole lot in how a word sounds is missed and can be misinterpreted when you're not part of the home culture.
March 23, 1839, in the Boston Morning Post
Those paragraphs give me no idea what the subject is.
The one I know is that people used to put "0 Kill" outside their houses, and then it was left as "0K," and from there came OK.
I've heard that theory before, but I think it came after the word was first recorded.
Wasn't that from the Plague or something back in Europe times?
Never heard of that one! Here's the one I know: #1587542
Wow... you've sent me on a mission, hahaha
This is the origin I recall hearing.
It's the Choctaw word okeh which means "it is so".
You really threw me for a loop with that one—I have no idea... Hahahaha... I'm going to look into it. 🤔🤔🤫🤫
Chinese gold farmers on WoW Classic invented the term sometime around 2008.
"33g, OK?"
Not sure where it came from, but of course everything is blamed on Vietnam or earlier military events, like Roger Wilco and FUBAR, but I do know "OK" is uniquely American in how it is said and uttered. For example, I've had German relatives try to say the word and use it and they sound facetious or insulting because they use the wrong intonation. It's a bit like an American trying to learn and speak Chinese. A whole lot in how a word sounds is missed and can be misinterpreted when you're not part of the home culture.