Talk:okay

Wiktionary:Requests for verification - kept

Kept. See archived discussion of October 2007. 03:58, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

There are other explanations

I know it's popular to explain words as abbreviations, but there are many other explanations for the etymology of okay.63.88.111.194 17:36, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Directing your attention to this etymology scriptorium discussion. PseudoSkull (talk) 17:56, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

“Oll Korrect”

Hey, doesn’t “OK” come from slang term “oll korrect”? I saw a Vox video explaining that that is from 19th or 18th century slang… here’s a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UnIDL-eHOs I might be wrong, but Vox is trustable news.

Tschau, Dwightol102 (talk) 05:11, 6 March 2022

Hi, see OK#Etymology 1. However, clearly, okay is a respelling of ok. —Svārtava (t/u) • 05:00, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

Oh, that’s the definition for “OK”, not “okay”… hmmm. Should one of those redirect to the other? Dwightol102 (talk) 05:05, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

@Dwightol102: At Wiktionary redirects are dispreferred; hence, templates like {{alternative spelling of}}, etc. are used for these purposes. —Svārtava (t/u) • 05:20, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

I also noticed that there’s a page for “Okay” and a page for “okay”. “Okay” has a Haitian and Turkish version. These should definitely be the same page. Dwightol102 (talk) 18:49, 6 March 2022 (UTC)