[Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Okeh" (Spelling Variant of "O.K.")

[Shapiro, Fred]

okeh (OED 1919)

1917 Providence Sunday Journal 8 Apr. 5th section, page 4/6 (Genealogy Bank)

The symbol O. K., meaning all right, is said to be a humorous or ignorant spelling of "okeh," which in the Choctaw Indian language is a word meaning "It is so."

Fred Shapiro

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