# That's OK/ok/O.K./okay with me

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-ok-ok-o-k-okay-with-me/655846>\
**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:** 5\
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**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-ok-ok-o-k-okay-with-me/655846/21 "2013-04-17T15:10:53Z")

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It’s all good. 😉

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-ok-ok-o-k-okay-with-me/655846/22 "2013-04-17T16:17:11Z")

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Am I the only one, then, who thought it stood for O. Keedokie?

\<slinks away\>

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**Author:** ![thatguyjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6de8d8/32.png) [@thatguyjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thatguyjeff)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-ok-ok-o-k-okay-with-me/655846/23 "2013-04-17T16:39:46Z")

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I was taught in some creative writing classes to always use, “okay.”

Not sure why. I just took it at face value and have done it that way since. Okay?

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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-ok-ok-o-k-okay-with-me/655846/24 "2013-04-17T20:39:39Z")

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[QUOTE=poll]  
How do you spell … you know.  
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I spell it “you know”.

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-ok-ok-o-k-okay-with-me/655846/25 "2013-04-17T21:01:23Z")

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And to answer the question, AP Style says “OK” so that’s always been OK for me.

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