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1 online resource (xii, 210 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: the ABCs of OK -- A saturday morning in Boston -- 1840: Old kinderhook is OK -- Hoax: Andrew Jackson's misspelling -- Aesthetics: the look and sound of OK -- False origins -- The business of OK -- O.K. clubs -- The literary OK -- Oklahoma is OK -- Okey-dokey -- Modern OK literature -- The Practical OK -- The world and England -- The lifemanship OK -- The psychological OK -- The new American philosophy. |
| Summary |
It is said to be the most frequently spoken (or typed) word on the planet, more common than an infant's first word ma or the ever-present beverage Coke. It was even the first word spoken on the moon. It is "OK"--The most ubiquitous and invisible of American expressions, one used countless times every day. Yet few of us know the secret history of OK--how it was coined, what it stood for, and the amazing extent of its influence. Allan Metcalf, a renowned popular writer on language, here traces the evolution of America's most popular word, writing with brevity and wit, and ranging acro. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English language -- United States -- Etymology.
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English language. |
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United States. |
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Language and languages -- Etymology. |
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United States -- History -- Terminology.
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History. |
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English language -- Usage.
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English language -- Usage. |
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Americanisms.
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Americanisms. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Terminology.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Metcalf, Allan A. OK. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011 9780195377934 (DLC) 2010009709 (OCoLC)551723688 |
| ISBN |
9780199703296 (electronic book) |
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0199703299 (electronic book) |
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9780195377934 (alkaline paper) |
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0195377931 (alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
9786612794766 |
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