# That's OK/ok/O.K./okay with me **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 16, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-ok-ok-o-k-okay-with-me/655846 "2013-04-16T15:57:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-ok-ok-o-k-okay-with-me/655846/1 "2013-04-16T15:57:17Z")
Which do you prefer? ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-ok-ok-o-k-okay-with-me/655846/2 "2013-04-16T16:00:07Z")
I hate to be the one that says “you forgot…”, but I always spell it “Ok” which is not an option. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-ok-ok-o-k-okay-with-me/655846/3 "2013-04-16T16:00:39Z")
They are all actually OK with me, but I usually type OK. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-ok-ok-o-k-okay-with-me/655846/4 "2013-04-16T16:03:50Z")
I use OK myself. O.K. seems a bit stuffy/archaic. “ok” and “okay” both seem OK, though informal. I would only use those when instant messaging or texting or sending an informal email. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-ok-ok-o-k-okay-with-me/655846/5 "2013-04-16T16:04:19Z")
“OK” and “ok” (and Ok) are pronounced “ock.” (At least in my world.) “O.K.” and “okay” are pronounced “okay.” Being too lazy to type punctuation, or two extra letters, is a special, weird type of laziness. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-ok-ok-o-k-okay-with-me/655846/6 "2013-04-16T16:06:06Z")
I don’t want people to get confused with Oklahoma. I type “okay” usually. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-ok-ok-o-k-okay-with-me/655846/7 "2013-04-16T16:07:09Z")
Unless I’m talkin’ about Martin Van Buren, I either use OK or okay, mmmkay? ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-ok-ok-o-k-okay-with-me/655846/8 "2013-04-16T16:16:26Z")
Spelled: no vote option for “all of the above depending on whim” Uttered: “oh-KAY, then.” (spoken like the parole board officer in “Raising Arizona.”) ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-ok-ok-o-k-okay-with-me/655846/9 "2013-04-16T16:17:47Z")
I always just type ok, because that’s the word now. Okay is a phonetic variant that I don’t mind seeing but don’t use myself (unless I’m voice texting, then it puts it in automatically). OK is unnecessary. O.K. is right out! ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-ok-ok-o-k-okay-with-me/655846/10 "2013-04-16T16:22:02Z")
OK, Ok, or ok for rendering speech. Okay or okay for noun and verb forms. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-ok-ok-o-k-okay-with-me/655846/11 "2013-04-16T18:29:42Z")
“Okay”, normally. “OK” or just “k” if I’m trying to come off in text that I’m annoyed with the person I’m talking to. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-ok-ok-o-k-okay-with-me/655846/12 "2013-04-16T19:58:33Z")
Any way except O.K. because punctuation is a PITA when texting. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-ok-ok-o-k-okay-with-me/655846/13 "2013-04-16T20:40:46Z")
I use O.K. or okay. Like Dr. Drake said, anything else just looks like ock. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-ok-ok-o-k-okay-with-me/655846/14 "2013-04-16T20:47:40Z")
Whatever. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-ok-ok-o-k-okay-with-me/655846/15 "2013-04-16T20:51:10Z")
OK ok okay or sometimes just “k”. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-ok-ok-o-k-okay-with-me/655846/16 "2013-04-16T20:59:59Z")
My preference is “okay.” Once a locution becomes an independent, pronounceable word, it should no longer be treated as an abbreviation or initialization. The OP also forgot an archaic form, “okeh.” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-ok-ok-o-k-okay-with-me/655846/17 "2013-04-17T03:27:36Z")
Two quick capital letters, OK. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-ok-ok-o-k-okay-with-me/655846/18 "2013-04-17T03:36:43Z")
OK. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-ok-ok-o-k-okay-with-me/655846/19 "2013-04-17T03:45:12Z")
The majority of the time I spell it out, “okay.” I will often stop myself and wonder if that’s right, considering its origin is supposedly “Oll Korrekt” which is a story I choose to not accept because it is wholly unsatisfying. So then I continue to spell it “okay.” ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-ok-ok-o-k-okay-with-me/655846/20 "2013-04-17T14:58:16Z")
OK, because it’s not an abbreviation… (checks the Online Etymology Dictionary, one of his favorite websites ever) …except [holy shit it is](http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=ok&searchmode=none). Still, O.K. is a K.G. for me. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-ok-ok-o-k-okay-with-me/655846.md?page=2)