OK

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

Thanks. Would Allan now be willing to tell us something about his book?  And why is the story of OK improbable?
 
Gerald Cohen
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Original message from American Dialect Society on behalf of Arnold Zwicky, Thu 11/18/2010                            5:14 PM:
unless i missed it -- always possible -- no one has celebrated Our Own Allan Metcalf's publication of his book
  OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word (OUP)
arnold

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