Comments on: OK, OK, let’s do a Q & A. http://blog.oup.com/2010/11/ok-2/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Thu, 23 May 2013 12:47:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: OUPblog » Blog Archive » Happy birthday OK: the world’s most-popular word turns 172 http://blog.oup.com/2010/11/ok-2/#comment-212232 OUPblog » Blog Archive » Happy birthday OK: the world’s most-popular word turns 172 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:35:15 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=12451#comment-212232 [...] of the “abracadabraisms” popular among journalists in 1839 are long gone, but OK stuck around. It didn’t go viral right away, perhaps because the first virus wouldn’t be discovered for [...] [...] of the “abracadabraisms” popular among journalists in 1839 are long gone, but OK stuck around. It didn’t go viral right away, perhaps because the first virus wouldn’t be discovered for [...]

]]> By: Allan Metcalf http://blog.oup.com/2010/11/ok-2/#comment-190703 Allan Metcalf Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:08:58 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=12451#comment-190703 Table of contents: 1. The ABCs of OK 2. A Saturday morning in Boston 3. Old Kinderhook is OK 4. Hoax: Andrew Jackson's misspelling 5. Aesthetics 6. False origins 7. The business of OK 8. OK clubs 9. The literary OK 10. Oklahoma 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 OK? Table of contents:
1. The ABCs of OK
2. A Saturday morning in Boston
3. Old Kinderhook is OK
4. Hoax: Andrew Jackson’s misspelling
5. Aesthetics
6. False origins
7. The business of OK
8. OK clubs
9. The literary OK
10. Oklahoma
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

OK?

]]> By: Nick Shepherd http://blog.oup.com/2010/11/ok-2/#comment-190689 Nick Shepherd Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:16:15 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=12451#comment-190689 I enjoyed the blog, but still don't know what the book is actually about. OK, one chapter on origins. And the rest of the book? I enjoyed the blog, but still don’t know what the book is actually about. OK, one chapter on origins. And the rest of the book?

]]> By: Tweets that mention OUPblog » Blog Archive » OK, OK, let’s do a Q & A. -- Topsy.com http://blog.oup.com/2010/11/ok-2/#comment-190493 Tweets that mention OUPblog » Blog Archive » OK, OK, let’s do a Q & A. -- Topsy.com Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:04:24 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=12451#comment-190493 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Bertromavich Reibold and Sylvia, Lauren. Lauren said: Greatest. Word. EVER. http://bit.ly/esQmIw [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Bertromavich Reibold and Sylvia, Lauren. Lauren said: Greatest. Word. EVER. http://bit.ly/esQmIw [...]

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