[ExI] little puzzle

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
Sent: Saturday, 30 September, 2023 3:06 PM
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Subject: Re: [ExI] little puzzle

 

>…Spike got it - okay.   I think ADrian's answer of 'ouch' might fit too. But I'll bet OK is said far more often.   In a medical setting Ok is added to just about every question ,even though it's not a question:

'We're just going to take one leg off, OK?'  (try saying 'NO' and see them fluster - the 'choice' you are given is almost always illusory).         bill w

 

 

 

 

I had an advantage Billw: I live in an area where everybody is from somewhere.  I have overheard conversations in Spanish, in German, in American redneck, Ukrainian, Russian, every known African language, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Vietnamese and even French (we try to keep that one quiet.)  In every one of those languages, I hear them come to OK, liberally interspersed in a discussion and almost always at the end of a phone conversation.  That means the same in every language: I agree, good, let’s do that.  Every language on the planet, every conference, every negotiation, everything needs that term and they have all borrowed it from whoever invented it.  Who or where was that?

 

spike

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Sat, Sep 30, 2023 at 1:58 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org <mailto:extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> > wrote:

 

 


Subject: Re: [ExI] little puzzle

 

On Sat, Sep 30, 2023 at 11:36 AM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org <mailto:extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> > wrote:

What word, the same in all languages (I think), is likely the most uttered word worldwide?

 

Billw

 

 

 

 

 

OK.

 

spike

 

 

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