Editing OK (section)

==Variations==
Whether this word is printed as OK, Ok, ok, okay, or O.K. is a matter normally resolved in the style manual for the publication involved. Dictionaries and style guides such as ''[[The Chicago Manual of Style]]'' and ''[[The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage]]'' provide no consensus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2008/09/im-ok-youre-okay.html |title=I'm OK, you're okay |publisher=Grammarphobia |date=11 September 2008 |access-date=12 June 2011}}</ref> Whilst most variants have descended from the root "OK", "okay" predominates in edited English as it permits easier modification (e.g. by pluralising).<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |year=2022 |title=okay; OK; O.K. |encyclopedia=[[Garner's Modern English Usage]] |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxfordshire |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780197599020.001.0001/acref-9780197599020-e-6402 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2025-01-15 |last=Garner |first=Bryan A. |edition=5th}}</ref>

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!Variation!!Description
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|okeh
|An alternative spelling, no longer common,<ref name=okeh/> although it remained in sporadic use well into the 20th century.<ref>Jennewein, Paul. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19770609&id=ZrosAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JRMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2668,1984090 "Okay is Okeh: Along the Cape Fear"]. ''[[Star-News|Wilmington Morning Star]]'' (Wilmington, N.C.), 10 June 1977, p. 1-D. Retrieved on 27 July 2015.</ref>
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|hokay
|Used as an alternative.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
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|k or kk or oka
|Commonly used in [[instant messaging]], or in [[SMS]] messages. Before the days of SMS, "K" {{morse|dash|dot|dash}} was used as a [[Prosigns for Morse code|Morse code prosign]] for "Go Ahead".{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
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|Okie dokie
| This slang term was popularized in the film "[[The Little Rascals]]" (Oki doki). Also with alternate spellings, including ''okeydoke''.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Yeep! Yeep! Amerikansk Yeep! |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=30kEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62 |publisher=[[Life (magazine)|LIFE Magazine]] |access-date=13 September 2021 |page=62 |date=23 July 1945}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=June 2024}} The phrase can be extended further, e.g. "Okie dokie (aka) pokie / smokie / artichokie / karaoke / lokie," etc.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wordwizard.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=15706 |title=Is the origin of the phrase "Okie Dokie Smokie" Racist? |website=Wordwizard |access-date=2019-05-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gracelin.com/content.php?page=book_okie |title=Overview – Okie-Dokie, Artichokie! |website=Grace Lin |access-date=2019-05-29 |archive-date=10 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210021800/http://www.gracelin.com/content.php?page=book_okie |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=June 2024}}
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|[[A-OK]]
| Variant attributed to [[Alan Shepard]] and the 1961 [[NASA]] launch of the [[Mercury-Redstone 3|Mercury mission]].<ref name="time19620302">{{cite magazine
url=https://time.com/archive/6872981/the-press-calm-voice-from-space/
|magazine=Time |title=Calm Voice from Space |access-date=2024-06-04 |date=1962-03-02 |publisher=Time Inc.}}</ref><ref name=right-stuff-p227>{{cite book |last1=Wolfe |first1=Tom |author-link=Tom Wolfe |title=The Right Stuff |date=1988 |publisher=Bantam Books |location=Toronto |isbn=9780553275568 |page=227 |edition=17th |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3OtpvQZR6sQC&q=a-okay |access-date=June 28, 2015 |via=Google Books}}</ref>{{Dubious|date=October 2024|reason=The article linked contradicts this}}
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|M'kay
| Slang term popularized by ''[[South Park]]'' TV show. Pronounced also as "Mmmm K". This variation has connotations of sarcasm, such as condescending disagreement.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
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|Okily Dokily!
|Catchphrase used by [[Ned Flanders]] in ''[[The Simpsons]]''.
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|Oki or okii or okie
|Humorous respellings of okay.
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===International usage===
{{More citations needed|section|date=June 2022}}
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!Language!!Form!!Usage/history
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|[[Afrikaans]]
|oukei
|Used in colloquial [[Afrikaans]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Marais |first1=Salome |last2=Coetzee |first2=Anna |title=Tienerafrikaans |journal=Journal for Language Teaching |date=18 May 2006 |volume=39 |issue=2 |doi=10.4314/jlt.v39i2.6060 |url=https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jlt/article/view/6060 |access-date=2 June 2024}}</ref>
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|[[Arabic]]
|اوكي or اوك
|[[Arabic]] speakers also use the word widely, particularly in areas of former British presence like Egypt, [[Iraq]], Israel, Jordan, and Palestine. The prevalence of the term in the Arab world can be attributed to the prevalence of American cinema and television. It is pronounced just as it is in English but is very rarely seen in Arabic newspapers and formal media.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
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|[[Catalan language|Catalan]]
|okey
|{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
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| [[Chinese language]]
| OK
|In Mainland China, the native term {{Lang-zh|c=好|p=hǎo|labels=no}} (literally: "good") is more often used instead, saying "OK" is usually reserved for when communicating with foreigners. However, the term tends to be modified into "OK了" (OK le) to better fit [[Mandarin language|Mandarin]] grammar. (The "了" indicates a change of state; in this case it indicates the achievement of consensus.) It is also somewhat humorously used in the "spelling" of the word for karaoke, "[[wikt:卡拉OK|卡拉OK]]", pronounced "kah-lah-oh-kei" (Mandarin does not natively have a syllable with the pronunciation "kei"). On computers, OK is usually translated as {{lang-zh|c=确定|p=quèdìng| labels=no}}, which means "confirm" or "confirmed".{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} In [[Taiwan]], ''OK'' is frequently used in various sentences, popular among but not limited to younger generations. This includes the aforementioned "OK了" (Okay le), "OK嗎" (Okay ma), meaning "Is it okay?" or "OK啦" (Okay la), a strong, persuading affirmative (similar to English's "Alright, cool"), as well as the somewhat tongue-in-cheek yes/no construction "O不OK?" (O bù OK?), "Is it OK or not?", again adopting the term into Chinese grammar.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
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|[[Czech language|Czech]]
|oukej
|Pronounced as the English ''OK''. When written ''OK'', it is pronounced [o:ka:]. Neither version recognized as official.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} Registered since the 1940s.<ref>{{cite web |title=oukej |url=https://bara.ujc.cas.cz/psjc/search.php?hledej=Hledej&heslo=oukej&where=hesla&zobraz_ps=ps&zobraz_cards=cards&pocet_karet=3&ps_heslo=ok&ps_startfrom=0&ps_numcards=3&numcchange=no&not_initial=1 |website=Kartotéka lexikálního archivu |access-date=2 June 2024}}</ref>
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|[[Danish language|Danish]]
|okay, OK [ɔʊ̯kʰɛɪ̯] [oːˀ kʰɔːˀ]{{efn|name=sp}}
| Appears from the 1930s. Pronunciation can be reduced and both vowels may become monophthongs. There is a difference in meaning between stress on first or last syllable.<ref>{{Cite Q|Q121366166}}</ref>
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|[[Dutch language|Dutch]]
|oké
|''oke'', ''ok'' and ''okay'' are also used, but are less common in the formal written language.<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://taaladvies.net/taal/advies/vraag/594/ Taaladvies.net]</ref>
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|[[Esperanto]]
|o kej
|The word is pronounced with stress on the second syllable.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wennergren |first1=Bertilo |title=Plena Manlibro de Esperanta Gramatiko |url=https://bertilow.com/pmeg/gramatiko/ekkrioj_sonimitoj/elparolado_skribado.html |website=bertilow.com |access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref>
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|[[Estonian Language|Estonian]]
|okei
| ''Okei'' is the most common form, but others include ''okk'', ''okoo'', ''oki'', ''okas'', ''okeika'' and reduplicated versions.<ref name=keevallik>{{Cite Q|Q121366176}}</ref>
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|[[Faroese language|Faroese]]
|ókey [ɔuˈkɛɪ]
|Possibly loaned in the 1940s as a result of the [[British occupation of the Faroe Islands]] or through Danish.<ref name=joansson>{{cite book |last1=Jóansson |first1=Tórður |title=English loanwords in Faroese |date=1997 |publisher=Fannir |isbn=978-99918-49-14-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/englishloanwords0000joan/page/192/mode/2up |access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref>{{Rp|193}}
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|[[Filipino language|Filipino]]
|okay
|Especially in the phrase ''okay lang'' 'it's okay'.<ref>{{cite web | last=Alfonso-Gregorio | first=Nikki | title=Why the phrases 'okay lang yan' and 'push mo lang' won't help you cope with the stresses of the pandemic | website=SBS Language | date=2022-01-07 | url=https://www.sbs.com.au/language/filipino/en/article/why-the-phrases-okay-lang-yan-and-push-mo-lang-wont-help-you-cope-with-the-stresses-of-the-pandemic/p9m8hss5f | access-date=2024-06-02}}</ref>
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|[[Finnish language|Finnish]]
|'OK'', ''okei'' [okeɪ], [oukeɪ], [ookoo]{{efn|name=sp}}<ref>{{cite web | title=Kielitoimiston sanakirja | website=Kielitoimiston sanakirja | url=https://www.kielitoimistonsanakirja.fi/#/OK?searchMode=all | language=fi | access-date=2024-06-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Kielitoimiston sanakirja | website=Kielitoimiston sanakirja | url=https://www.kielitoimistonsanakirja.fi/#/okei?searchMode=all | language=fi | access-date=2024-06-08}}</ref>
|Used since the 1930s. Used as part of conversational transition and closing, to signal acceptance of a directive, and to respond to sharing of information.<ref>{{Cite Q|Q121366172}}</ref>
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| [[French language|French]]
| oké
| <ref>{{Cite Q|Q121366175}}</ref>
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| [[German language|German]]
| O.K., o.k., okay [owkeɪ] [ɔˈkeː], [oˈkeː]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/o__k_|title=Duden {{!}} o. k. {{!}} Rechtschreibung, Bedeutung, Definition, Herkunft|website=www.duden.de|access-date=2019-05-29}}</ref>
| Used to mark understanding, agreement, closing and transition.<ref name=helmer>{{Cite Q|Q121366177}}</ref>
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|[[Greek language|Greek]]
|OK, οκ [ocei] [ok]{{efn|Reading of the spelling without treating it as an abbreviation.}}
|<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Spilioti |first1=Tereza |title=Graphemic representation of text-messaging: Alphabet-choice and code-switches in Greek SMS |journal=Pragmatics. Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA) |date=2009 |volume=19 |issue=3 |pages=393–412 |doi=10.1075/prag.19.3.05spi}}</ref>
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|[[Modern Hebrew]]
|או קיי
|Common as equivalent to the Hebrew word בסדר [b'seder] ('adequate', 'in order').{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
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|[[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]
|oké
|<ref>{{cite web | title=Hungarian-English dictionary | publisher=Hungarian Academy of Sciences | website=SZTAKI Szótár | url=https://szotar.sztaki.hu/en/search?fromlang=hun&tolang=eng&searchWord=ok%C3%A9 | access-date=2024-06-02}}</ref>
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|[[Icelandic language|Icelandic]]
|ókei
|<ref>{{cite web | title=ISLEX-orðabókin | website=ISLEX | url=https://islex.arnastofnun.is/is/ord/61218 | access-date=2024-06-02}}</ref>
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|[[Indonesian language|Indonesia]]
|ok, oke, or okey
| Sometimes using with suffix "lah": oklah, okelah. in chatting on social media sometimes indonesians only type "oklh" to minimalize time to type.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
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|[[Japanese language|Japanese]]
| オーケー ({{lit|ōkē}}), オッケー ({{lit|okkē}}){{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
| Early records include a song from 1930 and a novel in 1951. The word has a high-low tone. Also used in a reduplicated form.<ref name=kuroshima>{{Cite Q|Q121366173}}</ref>
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|[[Korean language|Korean]]
| 오케이 /okʰei/
| Occurs in newspapers, magazines and novels from the 1920s. The word is found in a 1937 loanword dictionary.<ref name=kuroshima/>
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|[[Latvian language|Latvian]]
|okej
|''ok'' also used, but considered to be a part of more colloquial internet language.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
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|[[Macedonian language|Macedonian]]
|okej
|{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
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|[[Malay language|Malay]]
|OK
|Frequently used with the emphatic suffix "lah": OK-lah.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
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|[[Maldivian language|Maldivian]]
|Okay
|Used in different ways, often used to agree with something, more often used while departing from a gathering "Okay Dahnee/Kendee."{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
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|[[Maltese language|Maltese]]
|owkej
|Pronounced as the English ''OK''.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
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|[[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]
| OK, ok [okeɪ] or [o ko]{{efn|name=sp|Based on the individual pronunciation of the letters ''o'' and ''k'' in the language rather than English.}}
|''Okei'' and ''oukei'' are also commonly used written or spoken.<ref>{{in lang|no}} [https://ordbok.uib.no/perl/ordbok.cgi?OPP=ok&ant_bokmaal=5&ant_nynorsk=5&begge=+&ordbok=begge Ordbok.uib.no]</ref>
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|[[Polish language|Polish]]
|okej
|The most frequent form is ''okej'', but others are ''oki'', ''oka'', ''okidok'', ''okejka'' and ''okejos''.<ref name=keevallik/>
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|[[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]
|OK, oquei
|<ref>{{cite Q|Q121366174}}</ref>
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|[[Russian language|Russian]]
|окей [ɐˈkʲeɪ̯], ок [ok]
|There are many variations such as ''оке'', ''оки'' and ''океюшки''.<ref>{{cite web | title=ОК — Teletype | website=blog.tema.ru | language=ru | url=https://blog.tema.ru/R_D-brfv-uB | access-date=2024-12-20}}</ref> Also used for conversation closure.<ref name=intro>{{Cite Q|Q121366167}}</ref>{{Rp|28}}
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|[[Serbo-Croatian]]
|okej
|{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
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|[[Singlish]]
| OK
| ''OK'' is often used with suffixes used such as ''OK lor'', ''OK lah'', ''OK meh'', ''OK leh'', which are used in different occasions.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
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|[[Slovak language|Slovak]]
|oukej, okej, OK [oʊkeɪ] [o:ka:]{{efn|name=sp}}
|<ref>{{cite web | title=Slovenské slovníky | website=Slovenské slovníky | url=https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk/?w=oukej&s=exact&c=Ofb7&cs=&d=kssj4&d=psp&d=ogs&d=sssj&d=orter&d=scs&d=sss&d=peciar&d=ssn&d=hssj&d=bernolak&d=noundb&d=orient&d=locutio&d=obce&d=priezviska&d=un&d=pskfr&d=pskcs&d=psken | language=sk | access-date=2024-06-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Slovenské slovníky | website=Slovenské slovníky | url=https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk/?w=OK&s=exact&c=9d72&cs=&d=kssj4&d=psp&d=ogs&d=sssj&d=orter&d=scs&d=sss&d=peciar&d=ssn&d=hssj&d=bernolak&d=noundb&d=orient&d=locutio&d=obce&d=priezviska&d=un&d=pskfr&d=pskcs&d=psken | language=sk | access-date=2024-06-02}}</ref>
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|[[Slovenian language|Slovene]]
|okej, okay
|<ref>{{cite web | title=Fran/iskanje/okej | website=Fran | url=https://fran.si/iskanje?Query=okej&IsAdvanced=True | language=sl | access-date=2024-06-02}}</ref>
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|[[Spanish language|Spanish]]
|okey
|Used in Spain in the 1980s. Also part of the phrase {{Wikt-lang|es|okey, makey}}.<ref name="Fernández">{{cite news |last1=Fernández |first1=Dámaris |title=Del "alucina vecina" al "chachi piruli, Juan Pelotilla": las 30 expresiones de los millennials que son todo un descubrimiento para la generación Z |url=https://www.larazon.es/cultura/alucina-vecina-chachi-piruli-juan-pelotilla-30-expresiones-millennials-que-son-todo-descubrimiento-generacion_2023052864735392573e26000130d677.html |access-date=14 May 2024 |work=La Razón |date=28 May 2023 |language=es-ES}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=June 2024}}
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|[[Swedish language|Swedish]]
|okej
|<ref>{{cite web | title=Nationalencyklopedin | website=NE.se | date=2024-06-02 | url=https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/ordbok/svensk/okay-(1) | language=sv | access-date=2024-06-02}}</ref>
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|[[Thai language|Thai]]
|โอเค
| Pronounced "o khe".<ref>{{cite web |title=โอเค |url=http://thai-language.com/id/199464 |website=Thai-language.com |access-date=11 September 2020}}</ref>
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|[[Turkish language|Turkish]]
|okey
|Has a secondary meaning referring to the game ''[[Okey]]'', from a company that used the word as its name in the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web | title=okey | website=Nişanyan Sözlük | url=https://www.nisanyansozluk.com/kelime/okey | language=tr | access-date=2024-06-02}}</ref>
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| [[Urdu]]
| OK
| {{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
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|[[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]
|ô-kê
|Used in [[Vietnamese language|Vietnam]]; ''okey'' also used, but ''ok'' more commonly.<ref>Luong, Ngoc. Personal interview by Nu Alpha Pi. 13 April 2010.</ref>{{Better source needed|date=June 2024}}
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