This week back in 1839, the Boston Morning Post first published the initials “O.K.”
Can you imagine living in a time before “Okay” or “OK” was in the language? If someone tripped and fell in front of you before 1839, I guess you asked if they were “adequate” or “peachy keen.” It’s very odd how language has evolved. It seems OK was an abbreviation for “oll correct” and popular slang term of the time that was a misspelling of “all correct.” It seems it was a hobby at the time for young people of the time to take words, misspell them and use them as slang when conversing. I’m sure glad that hobby never caught on, d’you? Dag – that’s the bomb!
What are your favorite slang terms, and is technology and its omnipresence in today’s society influencing our language in a bad way?
Let me know, a’right. Until next time, Tim
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