Sujet : Re: OK Day (23 March)
De : naddy (at) *nospam* mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber)
Groupes : sci.langDate : 24. Mar 2024, 19:47:08
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On 2024-03-24, Aidan Kehoe <
kehoea@parhasard.net> wrote:
23 March 1839, Boston Morning Post -- first known appearance of the word (in
the form "o.k."), standing for "all correct".
>
As impressive as soccer in its worldwide reach; I wonder was that the earlies
US cultural export with as wide a reach?
FWIW, both "okay" and "Coca-Cola" entered the Duden (German spelling
dictionary) in 1954.
I'd like to nominate the mythic Wild West as the earliest American
cultural export that went global, although its spread beyond North
America and Europe may postdate WWII again, I don't know.
-- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de
OK Day (23 March)
Re: OK Day (23 March)