Wishing you an OK day on March 23 — National OK Day! 👍

Back in 1839, the Boston Morning Post published the first known instance of "OK" (writing it "o.k."). It was an abbreviation for the joking misspelling of "all correct": "oll korrekt."

Check out the whole story of how "OK" survived when similar funny abbreviations faded away:

Read: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1800s-tea/transcript

Watch: https://youtu.be/wSEJcbPlYB8

Listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-we-say-ok-how-tea-shaped-english-slang-poetry-winner/id173429229?i=1000699618500

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