Comment on Where did the abbreviation "w/" for "with" come from?
seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months agoK.
(That’s an initialism for “OK”.)
Comment on Where did the abbreviation "w/" for "with" come from?
seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months agoK.
(That’s an initialism for “OK”.)
Izzgo@kbin.social 11 months ago
And OK is initialism for okay.
seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
It’s actually an initialism for “Oll Korrect”. I’m not kidding.
Kase@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Is that why people sometimes say “O.K.”? I always assumed it was just a grammar mistake. The more you know lol
seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
Yeah, “O.K.” came first, “okay” was later. It has a weird history. According to the American Heritage Dictionary: