tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489310405541465454.post8331637272078290392..comments2023-10-11T07:35:31.358-07:00Comments on Knights of Creativity Spirit & Ale: Okay?dkWellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036130304612683613noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489310405541465454.post-35535847840184785362009-03-23T10:05:00.000-07:002009-03-23T10:05:00.000-07:00Yeah its a real take your pick job,,... I was alw...Yeah its a real take your pick job,,... <br><br>I was always brought up to #11 in my list below, and later someone told me it was a sign invented by pearl divers and later scuba divers .. to show things were alright underwater.<br><br>My bet is that is from the Scottish "Och Aye" who would have taken it to the States. ( och say ock )<br><br>choose any one from this lot :))<br><br> : 1. Orrin Kendall biscuits, which soldiers ate during the Civil War. <br>: : 2. Short for Aux Cayes, a Haitian port that American sailors praised for its rum. <br>: : 3. Old Keokuk, a Native American tribal chief who was said to have signed treaties with his initials. <br>: : 4. OK stands for "all correct" or the illiterate phrase "Orl Korrect." <br>: : 5. U.S. President Martin Van Buren's nickname "Old Kinderhook" -- OK for short. He was a native of Kinderhook, N.Y.<br>: : 6. Choctaw word "okeh," (or "hoke") meaning "indeed" (or "It is so.")<br>: : 7. Scottish "auch aye", meaning "ah yes." (Or "och aye," meaning "okay.")<br>: : 8. From the French maritime phrase "au quai" meaning "at dock", and therefore at last safe from the ravages of the open sea.<br>: : 9. '0 killed' - the report of the night's death toll during the First World War. <br>: : 10. All clear after the shoot-out at O.K. Corral. <br>: : 11. Instruments calibrated at an Observatory at Kew had, affixed to them, a stamp, or impression, to authenticate that calibration. This stamp was O K - Observatory Kew. <br><br>: : 12. The abbreviation is for Oberst Kommandant, German for "Colonel in Command," used by either -- take your pick -- a General Schliessen or Baron von Steuben when initialing letters and orders during the American Revolution.<br>: : 13. It comes from the name of a freight agent, Obadiah Kelly, whose initials were widely disseminated on bills of lading.<br>: : 14. The abbreviation is for Open Key, popularized by telegraphers in the 1860s.<br>: : 15. It comes from the names of Lords Onslow and Kilbracken, who initialed bills after they were read and approved in England's House of Lords. <br>: : 16. From a misreading of "Order Recorded" on official documents.<br>: : 17. Or from Finnish "oikea," correct.<br>: : 18. From the Greek "olla," all, plus "Kalla," good.<br><br><br>after all that i'm with <br>Ned Flanders... "Okeledokely"<br><br>D of OKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com