Editing 2250: OK/okay/ok

{{comic
| number    = 2250
| date      = January 03, 2020
| title     = {{{1|OK/okay/ok}}}
| image     = {{{2|ok okay ok.png}}}
| titletext = {{{3|After changing it back and forth several times and consulting with internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch, I settled on "ok" in my book How To, but I'm still on the fence. Maybe I should just switch to "oK."}}}
}}

==Explanation==
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This comic states how you 'sound' (as the typical narrative voice in your readers' collective heads) based on how you spell the word "OK" in your text.

The word "{{w|OK}}", per Wikipedia, "is an American English word denoting approval, acceptance, agreement, assent, acknowledgment, or a sign of indifference." 

The Oxford English Dictionary says that it began in 1839 as "O.K.", a fanciful abbreviation for "oll korrect" (all correct), but there is {{w|List of proposed etymologies of OK|no consensus}} about where and how the word originated.  

According to [[Randall]], modern usage of the word is with both letters in lowercase "ok", or fully spelled out as "okay". Using OK with both capital letters is kind of old, as that is not something younger people would ever do. The original spelling of the word as "O.K." with periods after the letters is less commonly used in modern times, so Randall equates this usage to "an alien impersonating a human". (See for instance the last picture in this comic, [[1530: Keyboard Mash]] for who might use that spelling).

In the title text {{w|Gretchen McCulloch}}, a Canadian Internet linguist, is mentioned. She focuses on trends in use of English words in online communications. Randall claims that he consulted with her on the use of "ok" in his book ''[[How To]]'' and after changing back and forth between different options he settles for "ok". But he is still unsure which version to use, and claims he is now considering switching to "oK.", a strange spelling that "compromises" between the three abbreviations, having one lowercase letter, one capital letter, and only one period. And ending the sentence with a abbreviation with a period inside the quotation marks also makes it uncertain if he means "oK" or "oK." as that can be debated. This was most likely on purpose knowing Randall's love for grammar rule and spelling. It is of course debated in this explanations discussion.

Wikipedia says, "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." So luckily Randall did not settle for "oK." or "oK" in his book, which is not one of the mentioned versions.

==Transcript==
:[Four different ways to write the word "okay" are presented with a caption below each version.]
:okay 
:Normal 

:ok
:Normal 

:OK 
:Kind of old 

:O.K.
:Like an alien impersonating a human

:[Caption below the panel:]
:How your spelling of "okay" makes you sound

{{comic discussion}}

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