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dantheclamman@lemmy.worldM to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

OK ("the most frequently spoken or written word on the planet")

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OK ("the most frequently spoken or written word on the planet")

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dantheclamman@lemmy.worldM to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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  • Gork@lemm.ee
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    Ok

    • Zachariah@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Okay

      • Kaboom@reddthat.com
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        1 year ago

        O. K.

        • lnxtx (xe/xem/xyr)@feddit.nl
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          1 year ago

          k

          • Gork@lemm.ee
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            1 year ago

            🆗

            • myster0n@feddit.nl
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              1 year ago

              Oh, Kay!

              • IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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                1 year ago

                K

                • Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                  1 year ago

                  'kay

  • Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    “oll korrect”

    Immortalized.

  • thenextguy@lemmy.world
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    “And stop saying OK all the time, okay?”

    • Plum@lemmy.worldM
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      … ok.

  • defunct_punk@lemmy.world
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    Did not think Oklahoma was that popular but okay

    • Zachariah@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      🎶 … where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain
      And the wavin’ wheat can sure smell sweet
      When the wind comes right behind the rain 🎶

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  • Lyre@lemmy.ca
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    I wonder if future societies will look back and think we pronounced it as one sound like “ock”

    • Eheran@lemmy.world
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      Since it exists in about 10 different written forms… No.

  • Greee1911@lemmy.world
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    The fact that there are 2 the’s in this title makes me question that…

    • hakase@lemm.ee
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      … but then you remembered that there are 8,000 languages in the world other than English, and recalled that “ok” has been borrowed into a ton of them.

      • Pilferjinx@lemmy.world
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        Surprised it isn’t the bazillion iterations of mom.

        • brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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          Taxi does work

          • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.world
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            1 year ago

            Why is it in Latin

            • brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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              taxa, charge

              Neat

  • pwalshj@lemmy.world
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    https://media.tenor.com/GQFMbuWapkcAAAAM/lil-jon-ok.gif

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    K

  • Etterra@lemmy.world
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    It’s got a ring to it, okay? Geez.

  • Eeyore_Syndrome@sh.itjust.works
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    “Yea, OKAY”

  • wabafee@lemmy.world
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    Ok

  • Binette@lemmy.ml
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    Noooo I can’t believe I read all of that I nées to go est ;-;

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    It’s the one word I can pick out when my wife is speaking Tagalog. That and the occasional Spanish phrase.

    • dantheclamman@lemmy.worldOPM
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      Yeah, I think I’ve heard literally all of my international colleagues use it talking to each other. German, Spanish, Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese…

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    I’m surprised it isn’t ‘fuck’

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      OK.

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