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OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word

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 | #917902 in Books |  2012-04-01 |  2012-04-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  5.00 x.70 x6.90l,.45 | File type: PDF | 240 pages

||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| The true story of the origins and spread of OK|By Bernd Lambert|People have trouble believing that such an important word originated as a lame newspaper joke, but Metcalf demonstrates that this was indeed the case. He also gives a lot of space to the many competing theories that happen to be false. The word begins with a Boston editor's attempt at humor, acquires political sign| ||"Metcalf has produced a complete and completely entertaining history of the most American of all expressions. More than 'just OK' -- revelatory and engrossing."--Erin McKean, CEO of wordnik.com, author of Weird and Wonderful Words, More Weird and

It is said to be the most frequently spoken (or typed) word on the planet, more common than an infant's first word ma or the ever-present beverage Coke. It was even the first word spoken on the moon. It is "OK"--the most ubiquitous and invisible of American expressions, one used countless times every day. Yet few of us know the hidden history of OK--how it was coined, what it stood for, and the amazing extent of its influence.

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