Re: linguistics...off topic

From: ANELLO Michael J <Michael.J.Anello@state.or.us>
Date: Wed Aug 27 2003 - 15:42:39 EDT

why would he spell the two words incorrectly? they are not ancient words, are
they? "all" and "correct"? if this is indeed the case, i think there should
be some sort of movement (daniel) changing "okay" to "akay."

a.k.? who wants in? this is going to be a HUGE news story...SOON...i know it

>>> jrovira@drew.edu 08/27/03 12:35PM >>>
THAT's what I was thinking of. Pres. Andrew Jackson was said to have
signed off on things with that phrase -- "oll korrect" -- so OK.

Jim

ANELLO Michael J wrote:

>where does "oll korrect" come from, and are there more people out there who
>agree with this? because FAR too few people want to know the origins of the
>term "okay (a.k.a. - o.k.).
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