OK : the improbable story of America's greatest word / Allan Metcalf.
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- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780199703296
- 0199703299
- O.K
- Okay
- English language -- United States -- Etymology
- United States -- History -- Terminology
- English language -- Usage
- Americanisms
- Anglais (Langue) -- États-Unis -- Étymologie
- États-Unis -- Histoire -- Terminologie
- Anglais (Langue) -- États-Unis -- Idiotismes
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General
- Americanisms
- English language -- Etymology
- English language -- Usage
- United States
- Amerikanisches Englisch
- Interjektion
- O.K
- Amerikaans
- Uitdrukkingen
- Verenigde Staten
- 427/.973 22
- PE2831 .M48 2011eb
- 18.04
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the ABCs of OK -- A saturday morning in Boston -- 1840: Old kinderhook is OK -- Hoax: Andrew Jackson's misspelling -- Aesthetics: the look and sound of OK -- False origins -- The business of OK -- O.K. clubs -- The literary OK -- Oklahoma is OK -- Okey-dokey -- Modern OK literature -- The Practical OK -- The world and England -- The lifemanship OK -- The psychological OK -- The new American philosophy.
It is said to be the most frequently spoken (or typed) word on the planet, more common than an infant's first word ma or the ever-present beverage Coke. It was even the first word spoken on the moon. It is "OK"--The most ubiquitous and invisible of American expressions, one used countless times every day. Yet few of us know the secret history of OK--how it was coined, what it stood for, and the amazing extent of its influence. Allan Metcalf, a renowned popular writer on language, here traces the evolution of America's most popular word, writing with brevity and wit, and ranging acro.
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