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OK: The Improbable Story Of America's Greatest Word
by Allan A. Metcalf
ISBN: 0199892539
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rangibaby · 2013-11-20 · Original thread
This is how the word "OK" started out; it was a joke abbreviation of "all correct": Oll Korrect. You never know when a joke is going to take over the world...

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