Word lovers rejoice as OK celebrates 175 years

from the 1830s when jokey misspellings were all the rage,

... well, that finally explains American English and its awful spelling. It wasn't Webster and an attempt to rationalise the English spelling system, it was just a joke that the Americans forgot was a joke.

Frungy, it behoves me to take the lustre from your programme - it has put me in a foetal position. I was just to plough the pitch when my tyre burst, so instead I'll have a draught of beer. Better not too much, though, or I'll end up in gaol, where there is no Worcestershire sauce.

Good one, Laguna, good one !

as Lagunas potadoes are boilin over

In school we were tought not to use OK, as it was considered slang, which was, and still is frowned upon. I suppose it's OK to use it nowadays.

James Dean Jnr.Mar. 24, 2014 - 04:39PM JST In school we were tought not to use OK, as it was considered slang, which was, and still is frowned upon. I suppose it's OK to use it nowadays.

In casual communication, yes. In business communication, it would depend on who you were communicating with, but it would probably be acceptable. In academic writing? No.

@Frungy

OK, fine.

Okally-Dokally, as Ned Flanders would say.

It's actually Buddhist. Take a look at some of the statues...there is a mudra that looks like an OK sign. My interpretation is "Don't worry, everything will be ok."