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O.K. is rude

Mark Liberman, Language Log, Nov 30, 2019

It's easy to forket that there was a time before 'Old Kinderhook' gave us OK, so I can't argue against the Japanese-sounding oh-so-firendly 'kk' as a replacement. Not that I am likely to start using it, because I'm just not a part of the kk generation. So I'll continue to punctuate my posts from time with a heartfelt OK. kk?

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