What does OK actually mean?

[LadyVin]

What does OK actually mean? i really dont know :oops:

[bobbyboy112003]

If I remember correctly, it is the initials(sp) of someones name from a long time ago. They got tired of giving the thumbs up with the whole signiture so they started "ok" ing the items for approval

Now i wonder what the guys name really was 8)

[sabaisabai]

  LadyVin said:

What does OK actually mean? i really dont know :oops:

:roll: OK is a quintessentially American term that has spread from English to many other languages. Its origin was the subject of scholarly debate for many years until Allen Walker Read showed that OK is based on a joke of sorts. OK is first recorded in 1839 but was probably in circulation before that date. During the 1830s there was a humoristic fashion in Boston newspapers to reduce a phrase to initials and supply an explanation in parentheses. Sometimes the abbreviations were misspelled to add to the humor. OK was used in March 1839 as an abbreviation for all correct, the joke being that neither the O nor the K was correct. Originally spelled with periods, this term outlived most similar abbreviations owing to its use in President Martin Van Buren's 1840 campaign for reelection. Because he was born in Kinderhook, New York, Van Buren was nicknamed Old Kinderhook, and the abbreviation proved eminently suitable for political slogans. That same year, an editorial referring to the receipt of a pin with the slogan O.K. had this comment: ?frightful letters... significant of the birth-place of Martin Van Buren, old Kinderhook, as also the rallying word of the Democracy of the late election, ?all correct?.... Those who wear them should bear in mind that it will require their most strenuous exertions... to make all things O.K.?

[DJTX]

OK = Okay. When someone says 'OK' it usually means they approve, that they agree with what you said. Note I said 'usually'...

Now to confuse it a little. OK can also be similar to the word "Hai' in Japanese. Most people think "Hai' means 'yes'. But in reality it's an acknowledgment that the person heard you, not that they agree. To some extent "OK' can be used in the same manner. To make it even more confusing, some will use the term OK in a sarcastic manner. If said sarcastically it basically means they disagree. :roll: :wink:

BUT - in 99 percent of the time - it means the person agrees with you or approves.

[bobbyboy112003]

  DJTX said:

OK = Okay. When someone says 'OK' it usually means they approve, that they agree with what you said. Note I said 'usually'...

Now to confuse it a little. OK can also be similar to the word "Hai' in Japanese. Most people think "Hai' means 'yes'. But in reality it's an acknowledgment that the person heard you, not that they agree. To some extent "OK' can be used in the same manner. To make it even more confusing, some will use the term OK in a sarcastic manner. If said sarcastically it basically means they disagree. :roll: :wink:

BUT - in 99 percent of the time - it means the person agrees with you or approves.

hahaha...i like this explaination

[bobbyboy112003]

  sabaisabai said:

  LadyVin said:

What does OK actually mean? i really dont know :oops:

:roll: OK is a quintessentially American term that has spread from English to many other languages. Its origin was the subject of scholarly debate for many years until Allen Walker Read showed that OK is based on a joke of sorts. OK is first recorded in 1839 but was probably in circulation before that date. During the 1830s there was a humoristic fashion in Boston newspapers to reduce a phrase to initials and supply an explanation in parentheses. Sometimes the abbreviations were misspelled to add to the humor. OK was used in March 1839 as an abbreviation for all correct, the joke being that neither the O nor the K was correct. Originally spelled with periods, this term outlived most similar abbreviations owing to its use in President Martin Van Buren's 1840 campaign for reelection. Because he was born in Kinderhook, New York, Van Buren was nicknamed Old Kinderhook, and the abbreviation proved eminently suitable for political slogans. That same year, an editorial referring to the receipt of a pin with the slogan O.K. had this comment: ?frightful letters... significant of the birth-place of Martin Van Buren, old Kinderhook, as also the rallying word of the Democracy of the late election, ?all correct?.... Those who wear them should bear in mind that it will require their most strenuous exertions... to make all things O.K.?

Hey thanks Sabai ...so much for my recollection LOL

I knew i should have done a google search :roll:

[DJTX]

Now let's confuse it even more One can use 'OK' in a questioning tone as well. OK? Like is it OK for me to do somethin - I'm asking permission. :roll:

[LadyVin]

  sabaisabai said:

  LadyVin said:

What does OK actually mean? i really dont know :oops:

:roll: OK is a quintessentially American term that has spread from English to many other languages. Its origin was the subject of scholarly debate for many years until Allen Walker Read showed that OK is based on a joke of sorts. OK is first recorded in 1839 but was probably in circulation before that date. During the 1830s there was a humoristic fashion in Boston newspapers to reduce a phrase to initials and supply an explanation in parentheses. Sometimes the abbreviations were misspelled to add to the humor. OK was used in March 1839 as an abbreviation for all correct, the joke being that neither the O nor the K was correct. Originally spelled with periods, this term outlived most similar abbreviations owing to its use in President Martin Van Buren's 1840 campaign for reelection. Because he was born in Kinderhook, New York, Van Buren was nicknamed Old Kinderhook, and the abbreviation proved eminently suitable for political slogans. That same year, an editorial referring to the receipt of a pin with the slogan O.K. had this comment: ?frightful letters... significant of the birth-place of Martin Van Buren, old Kinderhook, as also the rallying word of the Democracy of the late election, ?all correct?.... Those who wear them should bear in mind that it will require their most strenuous exertions... to make all things O.K.?

wow!! i never knew this before!! very interesting!! thx a lot .. but what O.K. really mean? :? it is said in order to give a positive reply to a question, offer, or request ,just like "yes" ,right? :roll:

[LadyVin]

  DJTX said:

OK = Okay. When someone says 'OK' it usually means they approve, that they agree with what you said. Note I said 'usually'...

Now to confuse it a little. OK can also be similar to the word "Hai' in Japanese. Most people think "Hai' means 'yes'. But in reality it's an acknowledgment that the person heard you, not that they agree. To some extent "OK' can be used in the same manner. To make it even more confusing, some will use the term OK in a sarcastic manner. If said sarcastically it basically means they disagree. :roll: :wink:

BUT - in 99 percent of the time - it means the person agrees with you or approves.

very elucidative ! thx ! so.. OK=Hai=Khrap/Kha (in thai )

[Khun_Sam]

Sometimes people will say "Ooo Kaaaaaay", dragging on the syllables.

They would use this usually when they are not too sure if they have understood you, or are still thinking about what you said. It could also be a sarcastic response to something silly that you said.

[Khun_Sam]

  viggop said:

  Khun_Sam said:

Sometimes people will say "Ooo Kaaaaaay", dragging on the syllables.

They would use this usually when they are not too sure if they have understood you, or are still thinking about what you said. It could also be a sarcastic response to something silly that you said.

Ooo Kaaaaaay

Don't you be a smartass with me, OK?

[Khun_Sam]

  viggop said:

That titel already occupied by a molestrator 8)

I was illustrating the use of 'OK' in an aggressive context.

I think you're an OK dude.

[Khun_Sam]

  viggop said:

  2unique said:

  Khun_Sam said:

  viggop said:

That titel already occupied by a molestrator 8)

I was illustrating the use of 'OK' in an aggressive context.

I think you're an OK dude.

Viggy is an ok dude...Oooh Kaaaaaay :roll:

Carefull Jay, else I will let the rumours about what destress you go around :shock: :roll:

OK guys, cool it now! What Jay does to his family dog is not of our concern. :?

[LadyVin]

  viggop said:

  Khun_Sam said:

Sometimes people will say "Ooo Kaaaaaay", dragging on the syllables.

They would use this usually when they are not too sure if they have understood you, or are still thinking about what you said. It could also be a sarcastic response to something silly that you said.

Ooo Kaaaaaay

haha .. ooo KaaaaaaaaaY ..Ooo Kaaaaaay !! if i say it twice what does it mean :roll:

[AlcoholicA]

the word OK has multiple definitions, depending on the pronounciation.

OK! as an exclaimation is an strong affirmative answer. [can also be interpreted as yeah, I don't really want to do it but I have to]

OK? is an 'asking a question format' but can be used in a number of ways. 1 is to request confirmation, while 2 is a 'don't fück with me!' statement.

OK? number 2 has to be my famourite and most commonly used version

[LadyVin]

  AlcoholicA said:

the word OK has multiple definitions, depending on the pronounciation.

OK! as an exclaimation is an strong affirmative answer. [can also be interpreted as yeah, I don't really want to do it but I have to]

OK? is an 'asking a question format' but can be used in a number of ways. 1 is to request confirmation, while 2 is a 'don't fück with me!' statement.

OK? number 2 has to be my famourite and most commonly used version

Then i think i like OK? number2 :twisted:

[bobbyboy112003]

  LadyVin said:

  AlcoholicA said:

the word OK has multiple definitions, depending on the pronounciation.

OK! as an exclaimation is an strong affirmative answer. [can also be interpreted as yeah, I don't really want to do it but I have to]

OK? is an 'asking a question format' but can be used in a number of ways. 1 is to request confirmation, while 2 is a 'don't fück with me!' statement.

OK? number 2 has to be my famourite and most commonly used version

Then i think i like OK? number2 :twisted:

I also find myself saying OKIE DOKIE :roll:

I think we need a google search for this one also LOL

[bobbyboy112003]

  2unique said:

Okie Dokie pig in a pokie...

Actually, it's okey-dokey, but who can tell how you spell it when you say it? The phrase is meant to be used to acknowledge and agree with a plan or course of action. However, when it was first created in the 1930s it was meant as a way for the listener to agree so the speaker would stop talking.

O.K. was invented, possibly by Greene, as an abbreviation of the jocular 'Oll' or perhaps 'Orl korrect,' meaning "All right.' This explanation would seem farfetched, except for Read's finding that it dovetails with such coinages of the period as O.W. for 'All Right,' as though spelled 'Oll Wright' (this appeared in the Boston 'Morning Post' in 1838, the year before O.K.'s debut); K.G. for 'No Good'; and K.Y. for 'No Yuse.'."

A common variant is "okey-dokey" or "okie-dokie," sometimes said as "hokey-dokey." It means, of course, "all right," which, in turn, is always an affirmative of some sort, or positive reassurance. "Are you all right [after your brush with death]?" "Yes, I'm okay, no problem." Or, for another example: "Will you do that, please?" "Okay, okay, I'll do it." Another: "You've got to stay home and babysit tonight. Are you okay with that?" "Yes, I'm okay with it; it's fine, no sweat." SS

In France there is an area called Languedoc which translates as the place where they "say OK" - or as it was "oc" meaning yes - which happens to match the Scottish (northern Gaelic?) 'och'.

The Scottish pronounciation 'och' would be the same as that French one. 'och aye' for 'yes' is so common and the usage so old that 'Okay' or 'OK' for 'Och aye' must be a very strong contender. 'och' is an emphasis and has similarities in German and, it seems, Finnish.

:shock: :shock: :shock:

I guess you took my google search idea literally? LOL

[DJTX]

OK = Oh Krap

Yeah I know - learn to spell. Hey, it's late and I just learned that Ronald Regan was voted the greatest American ever :shock:

[LadyVin]

  2unique said:

Okie Dokie pig in a pokie...

Actually, it's okey-dokey, but who can tell how you spell it when you say it? The phrase is meant to be used to acknowledge and agree with a plan or course of action. However, when it was first created in the 1930s it was meant as a way for the listener to agree so the speaker would stop talking.

O.K. was invented, possibly by Greene, as an abbreviation of the jocular 'Oll' or perhaps 'Orl korrect,' meaning "All right.' This explanation would seem farfetched, except for Read's finding that it dovetails with such coinages of the period as O.W. for 'All Right,' as though spelled 'Oll Wright' (this appeared in the Boston 'Morning Post' in 1838, the year before O.K.'s debut); K.G. for 'No Good'; and K.Y. for 'No Yuse.'."

A common variant is "okey-dokey" or "okie-dokie," sometimes said as "hokey-dokey." It means, of course, "all right," which, in turn, is always an affirmative of some sort, or positive reassurance. "Are you all right [after your brush with death]?" "Yes, I'm okay, no problem." Or, for another example: "Will you do that, please?" "Okay, okay, I'll do it." Another: "You've got to stay home and babysit tonight. Are you okay with that?" "Yes, I'm okay with it; it's fine, no sweat." SS

In France there is an area called Languedoc which translates as the place where they "say OK" - or as it was "oc" meaning yes - which happens to match the Scottish (northern Gaelic?) 'och'.

The Scottish pronounciation 'och' would be the same as that French one. 'och aye' for 'yes' is so common and the usage so old that 'Okay' or 'OK' for 'Och aye' must be a very strong contender. 'och' is an emphasis and has similarities in German and, it seems, Finnish.

:shock: :shock: JAY!!! YOU ROCK!! :shock: :shock: it is interesting , isnt it? i just love to read your explanation ... soood yod ! :idea:

[Laughs]

Resurrecting an old thread but hey, I'm new here okay. :wink:

  2unique said:

In France there is an area called Languedoc which translates as the place where they "say OK" - or as it was "oc" meaning yes - which happens to match the Scottish (northern Gaelic?) 'och'.

The Scottish pronounciation 'och' would be the same as that French one. 'och aye' for 'yes' is so common and the usage so old that 'Okay' or 'OK' for 'Och aye' must be a very strong contender. 'och' is an emphasis and has similarities in German and, it seems, Finnish.

I'm Scottish and as you say 2U the 'och' is added for emphasis.

It's not used as much in everyday language these days but 'ocht aye' means 'for sure' or 'definitely', likewise 'ocht no' would mean 'no way'. Not sure where the similarity with okay comes in but interesting reading.

Did "okay" not originally come from an American Indian language?

[zeusbheld]

i think och aye is a pretty good story. a good story is better than a true story. and scottish just sounds cool, although y'all should come with subtitles.

[zeusbheld]

  2unique said:

  zeusbheld said:

and scottish just sounds cool, although y'all should come with subtitles.

and underwear, for the love of sweet Hesu

SECONDED :shock:

[Laughs]

  zeusbheld said:

  2unique said:

  zeusbheld said:

and scottish just sounds cool, although y'all should come with subtitles.

and underwear, for the love of sweet Hesu

SECONDED :shock:

One shall endeavour to stick to the queen's English.

So should my up kilt snaps be restricted to Adult Pics then? :wink:

[zeusbheld]

  Laughs said:

So should my up kilt snaps be restricted to Adult Pics then? :wink:

please... i'm begging you... yes....