Ok: The Improbable Story Of America’s Greatest Word

Name: Ok: The Improbable Story Of America's Greatest Word
SKU: 9780195377934
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By (author) Allan Metcalf,

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Metcalf traces the history of “OK” from its unusual birth as a jokey mis-transcribing of “all correct” in the 19th century, its rapid growth in various facets of American life, and its success overseas as the English word that all non-Americans know.

SKU: 9780195377934

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ISBN: 9780195377934

Book Format: Hardback

Pages: 224

Dimensions: 13.5 × 2 × 18.4 cm

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Format Hardback | 224 pages
Dimensions 13.5 × 2 × 18.4 cm | 286
Publication Date 27 January 2011
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Publication City/Country United States

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Allan Metcalf

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Allan Metcalf is Professor of English at MacMurray College and Executive Secretary of the American Dialect Society. He is the author of many books, including most recently Writing to the Point:, Sixth Edition (2008).

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