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108.162.216.234 at 15:39, 9 December 2020

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Kazvorpal at 16:58, 23 January 2020

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Lupo at 07:27, 13 January 2020

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Yorkshire Pudding at 20:39, 12 January 2020

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Lupo at 15:09, 6 January 2020

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-He forgot the eternal joke - 0K
 I think this should have been a table. Put spellings down the side (I've seen a lot of "oki" online; maybe "A-OK" too, or some humorous misspelling) and possible permutations of punctuations and capitalisation across the top. I want to know how "o.k.ay." makes you sound :p
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 :I never paid much attention to this before, but now I see "it." On [[2251]] Randall follows the same style and puts in punctuaction inside the "quotation marks." --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 15:09, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
 This is kind of like the LEGO bridge question in What If. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.34.120|172.69.34.120]] 18:32, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
 I just added the bit about the readers' narrative voices (see [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2250:_OK/okay/ok&diff=185524&oldid=185508|edit comments] for additional thoughts), but my parenthsisised justification for the 'quoting' looks a bit clunky even to me. Further changes (or at least partial reversion) are welcome, and in fact invited... Fill your boots! [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.221|141.101.99.221]] 20:15, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

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	Personally, I settled this question because I favor the Choctaw Indian origin for the the word "okay", which means it comes from "okeh", and therefore it makes sense to spell it out as "okay". I sometimes actually spell it okeh, but only to people who'd be able to figure out what I mean. —[[User:Kazvorpal\|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal\|talk]]) 16:58, 23 January 2020 (UTC)		Personally, I settled this question because I favor the Choctaw Indian origin for the the word "okay", which means it comes from "okeh", and therefore it makes sense to spell it out as "okay". I sometimes actually spell it okeh, but only to people who'd be able to figure out what I mean. —[[User:Kazvorpal\|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal\|talk]]) 16:58, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
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	: Side note: I was going to write 'LOL' before i realized the content of this comic and got self-conscious of it. [[User:Soulus\|Soulus]] ([[User talk:Soulus\|talk]]) 09:40, 6 January 2020 (UTC)		: Side note: I was going to write 'LOL' before i realized the content of this comic and got self-conscious of it. [[User:Soulus\|Soulus]] ([[User talk:Soulus\|talk]]) 09:40, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
	::I have created the new page [[2251]] - looking forward to your explanations, cause I'm lost on that one... --[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 10:52, 6 January 2020 (UTC)		::I have created the new page [[2251]] - looking forward to your explanations, cause I'm lost on that one... --[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 10:52, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
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		+	Personally, I settled this question because I favor the Choctaw Indian origin for the the word "okay", which means it comes from "okeh", and therefore it makes sense to spell it out as "okay". I sometimes actually spell it okeh, but only to people who'd be able to figure out what I mean. —[[User:Kazvorpal\|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal\|talk]]) 16:58, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

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 I'm going to cling to this being a transatlantic difference, to "OK" being normal, to "ok" being a typo, to clamping my hands over my ears and saying "Lalala I'm not listening" to anyone who says otherwise, and to thumping anyone who pulls said hands from said ears square in the nose.[[User:Yorkshire Pudding|Yorkshire Pudding]] ([[User talk:Yorkshire Pudding|talk]]) 20:39, 12 January 2020 (UTC)
 :Maybe you are just kind of... old? Many people who are just using chat programs, especially on the phone, do not bother with using the shift key at all. So it seems to be quite common to use lower case for a word that isn't even an abbrevation anymore, but just a regular word. ok? --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 07:27, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
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 My favorite is O-KAYYYYYYYYY! [[User:Rtanenbaum|Rtanenbaum]] ([[User talk:Rtanenbaum|talk]]) 15:05, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
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 : Side note: I was going to write 'LOL' before i realized the content of this comic and got self-conscious of it. [[User:Soulus|Soulus]] ([[User talk:Soulus|talk]]) 09:40, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
 ::I have created the new page [[2251]] - looking forward to your explanations, cause I'm lost on that one... --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 10:52, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

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	: Side note: I was going to write 'LOL' before i realized the content of this comic and got self-conscious of it. [[User:Soulus\|Soulus]] ([[User talk:Soulus\|talk]]) 09:40, 6 January 2020 (UTC)		: Side note: I was going to write 'LOL' before i realized the content of this comic and got self-conscious of it. [[User:Soulus\|Soulus]] ([[User talk:Soulus\|talk]]) 09:40, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
	::I have created the new page [[2251]] - looking forward to your explanations, cause I'm lost on that one... --[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 10:52, 6 January 2020 (UTC)		::I have created the new page [[2251]] - looking forward to your explanations, cause I'm lost on that one... --[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 10:52, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
		+	Hang the fuck on...capitalised looks old, while spelt out in lower case is normal? Really? REALLY? Quote conventions schmote conventions - I'll use whatever style a client dictates, like the obedient little paycheck-chasing copywriter that I am - but "OK" is pretty much universal as far as I'm concerned.
		+	I'm going to cling to this being a transatlantic difference, to "OK" being normal, to "ok" being a typo, to clamping my hands over my ears and saying "Lalala I'm not listening" to anyone who says otherwise, and to thumping anyone who pulls said hands from said ears square in the nose.[[User:Yorkshire Pudding\|Yorkshire Pudding]] ([[User talk:Yorkshire Pudding\|talk]]) 20:39, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

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 : Perhaps the British standard of putting all punctuation on the outside unless it explicitly belongs to the quoted material is more logical, but until some major style manuals in the USA adopt it, it won't be legit in SWE.
 : Circling back to the original point (ending with '"oK."' vs '"oK".'), that's one of those situations where the sentence should be reworded to avoid the ambiguity on whether the period belongs to the quoted abbreviation or not.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.100|108.162.237.100]] 18:01, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
 This is kind of like the LEGO bridge question in What If. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.34.120|172.69.34.120]] 18:32, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

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	I’m not sure about everyone else, but I was really weirded out when Randall used ‘ok’ in How To. Like, it threw me off and I had to reread a couple times. I was very surprised. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.214.136\|162.158.214.136]] 14:11, 6 January 2020 (UTC)		I’m not sure about everyone else, but I was really weirded out when Randall used ‘ok’ in How To. Like, it threw me off and I had to reread a couple times. I was very surprised. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.214.136\|162.158.214.136]] 14:11, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
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		+	My favorite is O-KAYYYYYYYYY! [[User:Rtanenbaum\|Rtanenbaum]] ([[User talk:Rtanenbaum\|talk]]) 15:05, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
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	I just added the bit about the readers' narrative voices (see [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2250:_OK/okay/ok&diff=185524&oldid=185508\|edit comments] for additional thoughts), but my parenthsisised justification for the 'quoting' looks a bit clunky even to me. Further changes (or at least partial reversion) are welcome, and in fact invited... Fill your boots! [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.221\|141.101.99.221]] 20:15, 5 January 2020 (UTC)		I just added the bit about the readers' narrative voices (see [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2250:_OK/okay/ok&diff=185524&oldid=185508\|edit comments] for additional thoughts), but my parenthsisised justification for the 'quoting' looks a bit clunky even to me. Further changes (or at least partial reversion) are welcome, and in fact invited... Fill your boots! [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.221\|141.101.99.221]] 20:15, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

		+	I’m not sure about everyone else, but I was really weirded out when Randall used ‘ok’ in How To. Like, it threw me off and I had to reread a couple times. I was very surprised. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.214.136\|162.158.214.136]] 14:11, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
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