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Entry no.: 1212

20 Feb 2011, 1:37 PM

Tags: language, quotations

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Language Okay: 23 March 1839

On 23 March 1839, OK was introduced to the world on the second page of the Boston Morning Post, in the midst of a long paragraph, as "o.k. (all correct)".

Read How 'OK' took over the world at BBC.

Via DF and Coudal.

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