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Lorraine

I hate it when I watch a film based in medieval times and a character says okay, it ruins the film. script writers learn it is wrong to out okay in a script that's based in the 1500s.

yvonne

from the greek olla kala all good

Tom

Cookie Bean, in English maybe "the". But "OK" is used by speakers of other European languages.

Illié

Cookie Bean, it is based on all languages all over the world. I am Afrikaans and we use 'Okay' in South Africa in all 11+ official languages.

Player #25874027

Lorraine , You probably wouldn’t understand anything being said other than ‘Okay’ The language used in historical films is not accurate

Charlie 123

yvonne, I like that been Greek myself I will use OK as olla kala.

Lionessa

Tom, "Okay" is used all over. I've heard it used by Asian people and people from India and South America, even among people for whom English is not a first language.

Halepoto♥️

I heard it was used in world wars as 0 killed

Andrew

Out of the options provided l thought it would be "bye"

Ewa

Lorraine , I concur, I get miffed when they cuss and particular swear words weren't coined yet. Hahah

lucid_enigma

So many people arrogantly telling us it meant zero kills/killed need to read up on documented history and etimology of the word, none of which even mentions the zero kills suggestion!

Bopper

If u ever watched the series "Deadwood" the writers threw in a slew of curse words that were not used in that time period.

SkyEagle

And exactly how did they come to this conclusion??? Did you interview everyone in the whole of Africa, Asia, Europe and South America? Or was this research based just on English speaking people???

Hanora

i thought it was "bye."

Zunash😈

But I use hi😂

Player #125843019

In most of the the English speaking world it is THE

coyodog

Lorraine , that has always bothered me as well. last time I watched Braveheart I realized it's in there too

Sid

yvonne, There is a version from military forces, when on a mission after everything goes fine, basicly O is a number 0, 0=zero K= killed so 0K

Guru

Lorraine , right on ! De dove sei ?

Kani

I remember learning that Coca-Cola was the second most recognized word in all languages after "okay".

Didly

genuinely thought it came from war times meaning zero killed.....0K. so.i was told in school anyway.

Jenny

yvonne, yesss from the Greek ola kala

Maricucha

Illié, correct. In Latin America we also use OK (the English pronunciation) even Brazilians use it

Andy

Lorraine , I agree. And the same with the word Hello for me. That word is as young as the telephone 😀

Fan

Paula J, 0 killed - ok

Paula J

Maja, could someone explain how OK translates into zero dead? I get the “zero” by how does K translate into dead?

Maja

Not correct. The merger of the letters O and K is actually from war-history, where the O was “0” and the K was for “dead” and when choppers or other deliveries came from the front it was short hand for “Zero Dead” . Someone here needs to update the facts.

Player #27149342 pixie

'okee' is the Greek word for no, so this is confusing: also yes in greek is 'neh'..

Charlie

OK -> 0 Kills! 👌🏼. The hand depicts a zero and a K, and it was an indicator of triumph returning from battles.

PerkyLin

rafter, ??? People all over the world have spoken English for many centuries.

Lorraine

Tom, and lots of speakers for whom English is not their first language.

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