TY  - BOOK
AU  - Metcalf,Allan A.
TI  - OK: the improbable story of America's greatest word 
SN  - 9780199703296
AV  - PE2831 .M48 2011eb
U1  - 427/.973 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - English language
KW  - United States
KW  - Etymology
KW  - Usage
KW  - Americanisms
KW  - Anglais (Langue)
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Étymologie
KW  - Idiotismes
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Amerikanisches Englisch
KW  - gnd
KW  - Interjektion
KW  - O.K
KW  - Amerikaans
KW  - gtt
KW  - Uitdrukkingen
KW  - History
KW  - Terminology
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Terminologie
KW  - Verenigde Staten
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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