Ok: The Improbable Story Of America’s Greatest Word

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Ok: The Improbable Story Of America’s Greatest Word

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Metcalf traces the history of “OK” from its unusual birth as a jokey mis-transcribing of “all correct” in the 19th century, its rapid growth in various facets of American life, and its success overseas as the English word that all non-Americans know.

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