“OK”是怎么来的

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OK is the most successful of all Americanisms. It has invaded hundreds of other languages and been adopted by them as a word. Mencken claims that US troops deployed overseas during WWII found it already in use by Bedouins in the Sahara to the Japanese in the Pacific. It was also the fourth word spoken on the surface of the moon <br><br>Ok一词是美国用语中最成功的一个。他已渗透到几百种其他语言中，并作为一个通用词被其他语言所采用。曼肯指出，二战期间进兵海外的美国军队发现，Ok一词当时已被撒哈拉大沙漠地区的贝督因人用来与太平洋上的日本人交谈。Ok一词也是在月球表面讲出的第四个口语词<br><br>Despite the term&#39;s success, however, for years no one was really sure where the word came from. The origin of OK became the Holy Grail of etymology. Finally, in 1963 the Galahad of our story, Dr. Allen Walker Read of Columbia University appeared and uncovered the origin.<br><br>尽管Ok一词用得很成功，但多年来，没人确切地知道这个词是从哪儿来的。Ok的出典成了词源学梦寐以求的圣杯。最终，到了1963年，我们这个故事的主人翁，哥伦比亚大学的阿伦·沃克尔·利的博士出现了，他揭示了Ok一词的来源。<br><br><br><span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>It stands for <span style='color:red'>oll korrect</span>, a misspelling of all correct, usually by a famous person, most often Andrew Jackson. Ok代表＂OLL Korrect＂，＂all correct＂<br><br>（完全正确）的拼写错误。这一拼写错误是由一位名人造成的，可能是安德鲁·杰克逊吧！</span><br><br>The first recorded use of OK was in the spring of 1839 by the Boston Morning Post:<br><br>Ok有记录的用法首次出现在1839年春季的波士顿晨报上，现摘录如下：<br><br>(23 March) "He of the Journal...would have the "contribution box," et ceteras, o.k.--all correct--and cause the corks to fly, like sparks, upward."<br>(26 March) "Had the pleasure of taking these &#39;interesting strangers&#39; by the hand, and wishing them a speedy passage to the Commercial Emporium, They were o.k."<br>(10 April) "It is hardly necessary to say to those who know Mr. Hughes, that his establishment will be found to be &#39;A. No. One&#39;--that is, O.K.--all correct."<br><br>（3月23日）“作为报人的他....将拥有一个“奉献专栏”等等，Ok---完全正确，他将使火花塞飞起，发出火花，直冲霄汉。”<br>（3月26日）“很荣幸能握着“有趣的陌生人”的手，祝愿他们迅速地通过商业中心。他们真的OK。”<br>（4月10日）“对认识雨果先生的人几乎没有必要说，他所创办的协会是第一流的。那真的是OK，——完全正确，无话可说。”<br><br><br><br>

庄周

努力一下，让hg成为比ok成功的通用词。

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OKAY<br><br>Voice of America, Washington DC 1978<br><br><br>The word "okay" is known and used by millions <br>of people all over the world. Still, language <br>experts do not agree on where it came from.<br>Some say it came from the Indian peoples. When<br>Europeans first came to the Americas they <br>heard hundreds of different Indian languages. <br>Many were well developed.<br>One tribe especially had a well developed language. <br>This was the Choctaw tribe. They were <br>farmers and fishermen who lived in the rich <br>Mississippi valley in what is now the state of <br>Alabama. When problems arose, Choctaw leaders <br>discussed them with the tribal chief. They sat in <br>a circle and listened to the wisdom of the chief.<br>He heard the different proposals, often raising<br>and lowering his head in agreement, and saying, <br>"Okeh," meaning "It is so."<br>The Indian languages have given many words to <br>English. Twenty four of the American states----almost <br>half ----have Indian names----Oklahoma, the Dakotas, <br>Idaho, Wisconsin, Ohio and <br>Tennessee, to name a few. And the names of many rivers, <br>streams, mountains, cities and towns are Indian.<br>Nevertheless, there are many who dispute the idea <br>that "okay" cam from the Indians. Some <br>say that President Andrew Jackson first used the <br>word "okay." Others claim the word was invented <br>by John Jacob Astor, a fur trader of the late <br>1700&#39;s who became one of the world&#39;s richest men. <br>Still others say a poor railroad clerk make up <br>this word. His name was Obadiah Kelly and he put <br>his initials, O.K., on each package people gave <br>him to ship by train.<br>So it goes; each story sounds reasonable and official.<br>But perhaps the most believable explanation is <br>that the word "okay" was invented by a <br>political organization in the 1800&#39;s.<br>Martin Van Buren was running for President. A <br>group of people organized a club to support <br>him. They called their political organization <br>the "Okay Club." The letters "o" and &#39;k" were taken <br>from the name of Van Buren&#39;s home town, the place <br>where he was born, Old Kinderhook, New York.<br>There is one thing about "okay" that the experts <br>do agree on: that the word is pure American <br>and that it has spread to almost every country on earth.<br>There is something about the word that appeals to <br>peoples of every language. Yet, here in <br>America it is used mostly in speech, not in serious <br>writing. Serious writers would rather use <br>"agree," "assent," "approve," "confirm" and so on.<br>In recent times, "okay" has been given an official <br>place in the English language.<br>But it will be a long time before Americans will <br>officially accept two expressions that come <br>from "okay." These are "oke" and "okeydoke."<br>

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