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From: gmw1@CUNIXD.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Gabe M Wiener)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: "foo" and other expressions
Summary: Well, almost
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Date: 9 Apr 89 15:14:12 GMT
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In article <7650@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> adchen@phoenix.Princeton.EDU writes:
>So long as we're on this subject, the most used abbreviation/acronym is
>none other than: OK. 
>
>I believe it originated from Andrew Jackson when someone asked him to
>sign a document, so he wrote "OK", meaning "Ol Korrect".


Sorry for this total digression from mac stuff, but this is one of my favorite
topics of uselss information:

The term "OK" originated in the presidential campaign of 1840.  Ven Buren was
running on the Democratic ticket, and jackson was giving him full support.
"OK" stood for Old Kinderhook, the location of Van Buren's home.  It was
used as a code to indicate meetings at Democratic clubs in New York.  Thus a
paper stamped OK would be passed off to the appropriate club.  The whigs,
unable to determine the meaning, assumed that it stood for "Oll Korrect."
"The general was never good at spelling."

Back to mac topics, people :-)


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