AFTER 56 years, I have been duly informed by a taxi driver that the word OK has its origins from the Greek word Ola Kala which means “everything is fine”.
It seems the Greek immigrants working in warehouses in New York many years ago would mark the cartons “OK” after they had checked and before the boxes are moved to another location. It soon became a commonly accepted phrase and has been part of the English language ever since.
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