[ExI] little puzzle

[Jason Resch]

On Sat, Sep 30, 2023, 11:34 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> >>…Every language on the planet, every conference, every negotiation,
> everything needs that term and they have all borrowed it from whoever
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK
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> >…"OK's origins are disputed; however, most modern reference works hold
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> late 1830s, and originally stood for "oll korrect [all correct]". This
> origin was first described by linguist Allen Walker Read in the 1960s."
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> So I hear.  Well OK, what was the term used in the 1700s and early 1800s
> which did that word’s job?
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If OK means "All Correct" then perhaps "All Right" -- "Alright" filled that
spot, which originated around the 1660s.

Jason

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