OK Day (23 March)

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Sujet : OK Day (23 March)
De : benlizro (at) *nospam* ihug.co.nz (Ross Clark)
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Date : 23. Mar 2024, 11:47:34
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That should be "'OK' Day", of course. An "OK Day" would be a so-so, not-bad day. This one is about the word.
23 March 1839, Boston Morning Post -- first known appearance of the word (in the form "o.k."), standing for "all correct".
Allen Walker Read, etymologist and lexicographer, clarified its origins in a fashion for whimsical eye-dialect abbreviations among American wits of the early 19th century, and put to rest several other theories of its origin that had been proposed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Walker_Read
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK
Who thought it needed a "Day"all to itself?
Allan Metcalf, who wrote a book about it (2011).

Date Sujet#  Auteur
23 Mar 24 * OK Day (23 March)5Ross Clark
24 Mar 24 `* Re: OK Day (23 March)4Aidan Kehoe
24 Mar 24  `* Re: OK Day (23 March)3Christian Weisgerber
26 Mar 24   `* Re: OK Day (23 March)2Aidan Kehoe
26 Mar 24    `- Re: OK Day (23 March)1Athel Cornish-Bowden

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