02833nam 2200637Ia 450 991082614740332120230725025159.00-19-975252-41-282-79476-097866127947660-19-970329-9(CKB)2670000000048673(EBL)589387(OCoLC)670228836(SSID)ssj0000424451(PQKBManifestationID)12145303(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000424451(PQKBWorkID)10488511(PQKB)11164272(MiAaPQ)EBC589387(Au-PeEL)EBL589387(CaPaEBR)ebr10420078(CaONFJC)MIL279476(MiAaPQ)EBC7033688(Au-PeEL)EBL7033688(EXLCZ)99267000000004867320100308d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOK the improbable story of America's greatest word /Allan MetcalfOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20101 online resource (225 p.)Includes index.0-19-989253-9 0-19-537793-1 Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction: The ABCs of OK; 2. A Saturday Morning in Boston; 3. 1840: Old Kinderhook Is OK; 4. Hoax: Andrew Jackson's Misspelling; 5. Aesthetics: The Look and Sound of OK; 6. False Origins; 7. The Business of OK; 8. O.K. Clubs; 9. The Literary OK; 10. Oklahoma Is OK; 11. Okey-Dokey; 12. Modern OK Literature; 13. The Practical OK; 14. The World-and England; 15. The Lifemanship OK; 16. The Psychological OK; 17. The American Philosophy; IndexIt is said to be the most frequently spoken (or typed) word on the planet, more common than an infant's first word ma or the ever-present beverage Coke. It was even the first word spoken on the moon. It is ""OK""-- the most ubiquitous and invisible of American expressions, one used countless times every day. Yet few of us know the secret history of OK--how it was coined, what it stood for, and the amazing extent of its influence. Allan Metcalf, a renowned popular writer on language, here traces the evolution of America's most popular word, writing with brevity and wit, and ranging across AmeriEnglish languageUnited StatesEtymologyEnglish languageUsageAmericanismsUnited StatesHistoryTerminologyEnglish languageEtymology.English languageUsage.Americanisms.427/.973Metcalf Allan A764493MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826147403321OK4009847UNINA