A quick question

I think OK stands for "Okay".

X = Christ (I think it''s a Greek thing to do with the cross).

Christian conspiracy theorists say that it is the world''s attempt to avoid having to deal with Christ. Rather unfortunate, then, that a lot of Christians also use "Xmas."

I dislike pointless abbreviations - especially those that can''t conveniently be spoken (it''s harder to say "Xmas" than "Christmas").

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Thanks to Kylotan for the idea!

It is harder to say, but easier to type and write.


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Edited by - clrscr on December 21, 2001 4:33:50 PM

Definitions from:

( The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language )

O.K. ( OK, okay, rare okeh )

approval, endorsement, agreement

( Probably popularized by a slogan of the O. K. Club,
the Democratic party''s political club of 1840;
for Old Kinderhook, the nickname of President Martin Van
Buren, who was born at Kinderhook, New York;
but previously attested in the 1830''s as a modish slang
abbreviation of favourable but uncertain meaning, possibly
connected with another another such abbreviation,
D.K. ( Don''t Know ) )


X-mas ( Informal Christmas )

( From the Greek letter X, transliterated as Kh and representing
Greek Khristos, Christ )

clrscr: it''s write, not wright! okeh?

write on man!

quote:

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Original post by Crydee
write on man!

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*ugh*

I''ll just assume that was for comic relief.

Guy : interesting... I remember hearing from a teacher that OK was used in war to express "zero kills" or something like that.

SKeTch

Edited by - sketchturner on December 22, 2001 3:29:02 AM

I''ve also heard that OK was a purposely misspelled abbreviation of "All Correct" created by some people in Boston who played a game called "Murdering The King''s English".

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