oll korrect



oll korrect

An intentional misspelling of "all correct" that is the origin of the abbreviation "OK." The phrase dates to the 19th century. My copy editor marked my article "oll korrect" as a joke.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
SakuSAH-kooFinnish
Eustachys-Ancient Greek
GillJILEnglish
Silvestroseel-VE-stroItalian
Kostadin-Bulgarian, Macedonian
Renatare-NAH-tah (Italian, Spanish, German, Polish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Polish, Czech, Croatian, Slovene, Late Roman