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All of the alternate spellings seem to be okay. Or OK. The spelling of the word is not the only thing that there are questions about. The etymology is also still somewhat in question. A favorite explanation for the word's origin was given by etymologist Allen Walker Read, who did research on "okay" in the 1960s. He said that in the 1830s and 1840s, Boston newspapers liked to use punny abbreviations in their articles. One of the jokes that was printed by The Boston Morning Post on this date in 1839 had an intended misspelling of "all correct." It was abbreviated as "O.K.," for "oll korrect." Another popular belief is that the word "okay" came from the Choctaw word "okeh." Both US presidents Andrew Jackson and Woodrow Wilson commonly used "okeh."

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