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{{comic | {{comic | ||
| number = 2250 | | number = 2250 | ||
| − | | date = January | + | | date = January 03, 2020 |
| title = {{{1|OK/okay/ok}}} | | title = {{{1|OK/okay/ok}}} | ||
| image = {{{2|ok okay ok.png}}} | | 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. | + | | 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".}}} |
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | + | {{incomplete|Created by an O.K.A.Y. user}} | |
| + | The word "{{w|OK}}", per Wikipedia, "is an American English word denoting approval, acceptance, agreement, assent, acknowledgment, or a sign of indifference." | ||
| − | According to [[ | + | It has traditionally been spelled / written "OK", with both letters capitalized. According to [[Randall]], modern usage of the word is with both letters in lowercase "ok", or fully spelled out as "okay". Spelling the word as "O.K." with periods in between the letters is rarely used in modern times, so Randall equates this usage to "an alien impersonating a human". According to Wikipedia, "O.K." was used in the 1700s and 1800s. |
| − | + | Mentioned in the title text, {{w|Gretchen McCulloch}} is a Canadian Internet linguist focusing on trends in use of English words in online communications. It seems that Randall consulted with her on the use of "ok" in his book ''[[How To]]'', but he is still unsure which usage is the "proper" usage in modern writing. His compromise solution is "oK", a strange spelling that is very seldom seen, except as a typo. | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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| + | :[in a line there 4 writings of the word "okay" and below each a caption.] | ||
| + | :okay ok OK O.K. | ||
| + | :[under "okay"] normal [under "ok"] normal [under "OK"] kind of old [under "O.K."] like an alien impersonating a human | ||
:[Caption below the panel:] | :[Caption below the panel:] | ||
:How your spelling of "okay" makes you sound | :How your spelling of "okay" makes you sound | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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