However, within its own text it uses OK. No, the terms are the same. You might decide that both are too informal if you are preparing a professional document. Remember, OK can be a noun, verb, adverb, or adjective. Take a look at some examples:. I mean, just how scary can a few numbers be? Okay and OK are two acceptable spellings of the same word.
In formal writing, follow the requirements of your style guide. Vancouver is a referencing style used in the sciences and other subject areas. But how Home Writing Tips OK vs. Find this useful? Your e-mail address Subscribe Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter! Share this article: Link to facebook Link to linkedin Link to twitter. Sign up for our newsletter. Comments 0. Upload a document Instant Quote. Instant Quote Need more help perfecting your writing? I've never heard this theory before, though.
This is fascinating. Can you source this? This is incorrect. Ok comes from Choctaw, and there can be no reasonable doubt about this. The coinciding specialized strange usage of both terms is particularly persuasive.
Show 4 more comments. Tulika Maniktala Tulika Maniktala 31 2 2 bronze badges. Simply because you spelled "ok" in small letters. Elsa Asle Elsa Asle 21 1 1 bronze badge. Spelling is not grammar; and who is to say what is correct or not? OED references O.
Phlip Phlip 2 2 bronze badges. Taj Taj 1. Do you have any sources? Ron Maimon Ron Maimon 1. If it did come from Choctaw, it was never written down until the s except in Choctaw dictionaries , when it was spelled O.
Peter Shor: This is belied by evidence given in the link, which cites 19th century sources spelling it okeh, and includes Woodrow Wilson, who despite his spotty to say the least record on racial harmony, advocates "okeh" to emphasize the Choctaw origins. The Choctaw spelling appears as standard spellings in Russian as I understood it from the linked page and German I think, see page where the Native American origins were never seriously doubted. It is a shame that modern sources uniformly follow an obvious fabrication, as opposed to recognizing the bilingual nature of frontier America.
The wiktionary entry for "okeh" has its first citation in If it had actually been a common spelling in the 19th century, they would have been able to give an earlier one. Note that I assume they don't count dictionary entries giving the etymology for O. The link you give does make a good case for "okeh" being the true origin for O. The "okeh" spelling is advocated by Wilson, based on Choctaw dictionaries, I assume the fellow who wrote the page found some 19th century references to okeh, but I didn't check them at all.
I am not an expert on this, I just know that words aren't produced by acronym jokes until WWII notably fubar'ed. The OED does not find the spelling "okeh" before , while "O. If it came from the Choctaw "okeh" , this fact is certainly well hidden in the written record. Show 2 more comments. Kaelyn Barron. Hans Dietrich on January 18, at am. Kaelyn Barron on January 18, at pm. AbdulKarim M. Ahmad on November 8, at pm.
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