“OK"是怎么來(lái)的？
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Native American Indian
Choctaw
"okeh"
"okay"
American West
Allen Walker Read
"OK"
"all correct"
"o-l-l k-o-r-r-e-c-t"
O.K.
Obadiah Kelly?
Some people say it came from the Native American Indian tribe known as the Choctaw. The Choctaw word "okeh" means the same as the American word "okay". Experts say early explorers in the American West spoke the Choctaw language in the 19th century. The language spread across the country. But many p…
有人說(shuō)OK一詞源于一個(gè)叫做喬克托的美洲印第安部落。喬克托語(yǔ)中的“okeh＂的含義和美語(yǔ)中的“okay”一樣。專家稱，在19世紀(jì)，美國(guó)西部的早期探險(xiǎn)家說(shuō)喬克托語(yǔ)，當(dāng)時(shí)這種語(yǔ)言遍及全國(guó)。 但是很多人對(duì)此提出質(zhì)疑。語(yǔ)言專家艾倫?沃克?里德于20世紀(jì)60年代發(fā)表的研究報(bào)告中提到了“OK”一詞，他說(shuō)該詞從19世紀(jì)30年代開始使用，是…