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

[Rich Lowenthal]

If any are wondering, the name of the historic jazz and "race records" 
label "Okeh" (founded 1918) comes from the founder's initials, and has 
nothing to do with the various "OK" variants.


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>From "Shapiro, Fred" <00001ac016895344-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
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Date 7/17/2026 6:14:37 AM
Subject Further Antedating of "Okeh" (Spelling Variant of "O.K.")

>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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