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dantheclamman@lemmy.worldM to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago

OK ("the most frequently spoken or written word on the planet")

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OK ("the most frequently spoken or written word on the planet")

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dantheclamman@lemmy.worldM to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago
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    10 months ago

    … but then you remembered that there are 8,000 languages in the world other than English, and recalled that “ok” has been borrowed into a ton of them.

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      Surprised it isn’t the bazillion iterations of mom.

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        Taxi does work

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          Why is it in Latin

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            taxa, charge

            Neat

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