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From: ccrrick@ucdavis.UUCP (Rick Heli)
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Subject: Re: Derivation of O.K.
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Date: Sat, 15-Jun-85 16:24:02 EDT
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I was under the impression that etymologists had pretty
much given up on this one, but that there was one suggestion
that it stemmed from "Old Kinderhook", a buzz word of Martin
van Buren's presidential campaign.
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					--rick heli
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