Do you know where the expression 'O.K.' comes from?
Peace Out!
Willy, The Security Guard (of the Delavigne Corp.)
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English Idioms
From Amy:
Lies, lies, lies!!!
Would you be kidding, bad guys, you couldn’t make worst.
You guys and gals, never trust bad guys.
Never take their words at face value.
Have you heard of that saying: “The truth always comes out of a female mouthâ€.
Here is definitely the true truth.
The expression OK comes from the time of the hundred years war.
Around 1340 Edouard III, king of England and nephew of the former French king, tried to use his French heritage to bolster his claim to the throne of France. He granted himself the title "Roi de France" and decorated his badge with the fleur de lys symbol.
He hated his challenger Philippe, the count of Valois, that he considered as a stupid man.
He said Philippe was a ass. But in his efforts to make himsef taken in all seriousness, he tried to insert some French words in his speech.
So he said about Philippe of Valois: Oh! Qué donkey! (translated : Oh! quel âne! I’ve heard that ‘Qué’ is still used nowadays in some French Southern departments to say “quel.. !†with an exclamation.)
Some years later the expression had moved in Okey-Donkey!
And by the end of the war, the donkey had passed away. Left: OK.
I’d just suggest you, if you answerreply to someone by saying OK, stop after the Key (and only think donkey in your inner side if you really take the person for an ass).
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21 Dec. 2006