Thursday, September 24, 2009

Okay (OK)

"Okay"
A ready response to any kind of conversation.

OK or Okay is quintessentially an American English word, one of the few, that has spread to other languages.
The story of origin of OK is quite interesting.

Okay is convenient, easy to use, short and suits almost anywhere and everywhere in the conversation, except as response to a question!

I remember reading "Horn O.K. Please" at the back of Indian trucks, but why O.K. written in between still perplexed me. Finally I found a satisfying answer:
"My logic to this 'Horn OK Please' is: Truck is informing the vehicle behind, 'Horn Please', if it has to overtake. In reply, the vehicle behind agrees and says,'OK'. That's why the fonts are different for these 2 terms." - K G Pawan Kumar, Mumbai.
So simple!
Okay?
Okay!
Okay. :)
Okay. :D
Okay. :(
Okay. X(
Okay. :O
It fits in everywhere !!
Okay, or OK has been shrunk to 'k' in online chats and SMSs. It can't get any shorter!

P.S. - Any other word with universal/widespread utility? Fuck.
To avoid using the F word, a person might forcefully use the O word, OK! :D

8 comments:

makrand said...

k :)
It can be the worst feedback to a post on anyone's blog.

The beauty of the word lies in the no. of ways it can be said just by changing the tone of ur voice.

Abhishek said...

Totally, intonation conveys the meaning, OK is just there as something to be said.
while text chat, smileys are used instead of tones. :D

sm said...

ok
its like how you receive it.

Unknown said...

Okay :D

Kronos said...

k k :P

Kiran Danduprolu said...

That was an .... "Okay" post from a above "Okay" blogger in an "Okay" time

Abhishek said...

@All: Okay! :)

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