paddedgrimlin
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I like finding bits of random facts and things, I'm wondering what kinds of things everyone else out there find.
Post something that you have looked up or researched and thought was interesting or funny, include meme's gifs, pics, whatever.
ran into this bit of info today never really thought about what the word OK really stands for....
What is O.K. short for?
The most popular theory is that OK comes from ‘oll korrect’, a deliberately misspelled writing of ‘all correct’. It was popularised in Boston newspapers around the 1840s when it was fashionable to go around spelling things incorrectly for humorous effect. Legend also has it that New York Democrats later adopted the abbreviation to promote their candidate Martin Van Buren – the initials ‘OK’ were derived from his nickname, Old Kinderhook.
Post something that you have looked up or researched and thought was interesting or funny, include meme's gifs, pics, whatever.
ran into this bit of info today never really thought about what the word OK really stands for....
What is O.K. short for?
The most popular theory is that OK comes from ‘oll korrect’, a deliberately misspelled writing of ‘all correct’. It was popularised in Boston newspapers around the 1840s when it was fashionable to go around spelling things incorrectly for humorous effect. Legend also has it that New York Democrats later adopted the abbreviation to promote their candidate Martin Van Buren – the initials ‘OK’ were derived from his nickname, Old Kinderhook.