Re: a few questions
| From: | David Peterson <digitalscream@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, April 21, 2001, 6:32 |
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In a message dated 4/20/01 10:34:25 PM, zsau@YAHOO.COM.AU writes:
<< 2. Does anyone know (or know where I can find) the origins of the word
'okay'? >>
"Okay" was originally "O.K.", of course, and it stood for "Old
Kinderhook", which, I believe, was the nickname of Martin Van Buren (if it
wasn't, it was another president; I know it was a Gilded Age U.S. president).
They called him "O.K." Somehow from there, it turned it to meaning "good",
or signifying approval. This was in my history book back in high school. :)
-David
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