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Which one is right? Are they all? My least favorite is OK. Even when written in a non-email/chat/text message format I think it is loud. It conveys a sense of annoyance or exasperation at the least and tones of utter hostility at the worst. (This is of course all determined by context, and maybe just my crazy brain.)
Ok is a little better, but most applications, this one included, think that this is incorrect. Ok with initial caps simply won’t do. Interestingly, when I hover over and control click the initial caps Ok, the loud mouth version is not even a suggested replacement. Here are the options I am given to correct my misspelling:
- k
- O
- ck
- pk
- bk
How are any of these choices better than the initial caps Ok? ck, pk, and bk don’t even make sense, and k and O are simply letters. Why isn’t OK one of the choices? Things that make you go hmmmm. (hmmmm is also misspelled. According to WordPress or FireFox, not sure which one, I am trying to spell ohmmeter. Right.)
My preferred okay (Tokay is apparently what I am trying to spell says WordPress/FireFox) is the spelled out version. Most applications think that this isn’t a real word, but I don’t care. It is in my opinion the best (and only real) way to spell okay. It is more genteel, it has grace. It is a word, not an abbreviation, not two letters rammed together as a shortcut. It is in short, the right way.
What do you think?
Tokay = famed Hungarian wine. Who knew? Other than spellchecker that is.
