Showing posts with label General. Show all posts
Showing posts with label General. Show all posts

Friday, October 12, 2007

OK, OK, OK!

OK is probably one of the most widely used term (and not only in English). But where does it come from?
The official word is that it appeared in 1839, in some Boston newspapers, as an abbreviation for Oll Korrect (they liked to play with words in Boston then). But it really became popular during the 1840 American election, as one of the candidate's nickname, Martin Van Buren, was Kinderhook (since he was born in the town of Kinderhook, in the state of New York): he was then called Old Kinderhook.
But there are many, many more theories about the etymology of OK.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

It took me a while...

OK so it took me a while to start this blog. Many (mental) tries. As many (mental) abortions. The will was there, but it seemed too much of an effort.
But this time, I was so bored at work, I thought, what the heck, let's at least prepare the templates for this blog, so that maybe, in a year's time, when I'm bored again, I will actually want to add something to it.
Well, amazingly, I decided to go ahead nonetheless. So here. There you are, soon-to-be loyal reader. I will try to not disappoint you.
Welcome.