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Two letters and everything is correct
„o.k“ = Old Kinderhook = all correct

(Author : Markus Günther)
(Published in the “Kölner Stadt-Anzeriger” , newspaper for Cologne, Germany and its surroundings, January, 29th, 2004)

“Between North- and South Pole there are few words everyone understands. “Okay” is one of them. But where does it come from ? Its origin was until recently disputed.
The scholars agreed with that the origin of it seems to be in the USA and that the word came from the abbreviation “o.k.” . But for what does it stand ? Some said that it might have been a German immigrant named Oskar Krause or Otto Köhler who did quality checks of cars or machines and left his initials “O.K.” as a sign of quality behind, written with white chalk. [Note : That sounds very much like the assumed origin of the phrase “Kilroy was here” which is also said to come from a person performing quality checks with planes or aircraft, leaving the phrase behind as a sign that this part had been tested by him.] But these stories are seemingly free inventions.
The american scientist Allan Walker Read [what a fitting name !] has delivered the only plausible, but still curious explanation for it : In the thirties of the 19. Century , there was a kind of satirical way of making jokes with newspapers coming from Boston through abbreviating headlines and explain them in brackets placed behind them. Part ofe the fun consisted in putting mistakes into the abbreviations.
So in March 1939 the abbreviation “o.k.” was explained in this way by writing “all correct” behind it. The joke with it was, that writing “o” for “all” and abbreviate “correct with “k” wasn’t correct at all ! But the great popularity of this phrase came with Martin Van Buren, in his election campaign in 1840. After his town of birth Kinderhook in the federal state of New York [”Kinder” means in German “Children”] he had the nickname “Old Kinderhook”. Van Buren took the joke coming from Boston and made from the abbreviation “o.k.” a phrase for his campaign with a double meaning, standing for his nickname “Old Kinderhook” and at the same time for “all correct”. Suddenly in several newspaper articles and in election campain appearances the “o.k.” was used as his “trademark” , but also in the sense of “everything is correct” , “everything is good”. Van Buren lost the campaign, but his “o.k.” is even now a great success.

[Translation by Andreas Krämer]



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And here I though "OK" was a lazy shorthand of "Okay". Interesting to know. Thanks Alrik! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

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that is a <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> story/fact! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" />


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It is nice to know that Van Buren did something worthwhile.


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Funnily enough I've read somewhere sometime ago that it was George Armstrong Custer ( Yeah the guy from the battle of little Big Horn) who used to sign his orders AC (Armstrong Custer or all correct) but his handwirting was so bad, that it looked to most ppl as OK, this being due to the style of longhand that ppl use to use in those times coupled with the fact that literacy wasn't that common, anyway that's my story and I am stcking to it, OK ?


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i agree with Jurak, thats my favorite saying okee-dokee, now where did this come from??

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Ned Flanders...

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Funny you happen to say "Word" Gridlock cause an amusing thing happened, using word, remember I work in the restaurant industry so my dictionary is full of culinary terms, anyways I typed my director's name, who happen to be Polish and when I ran the spell checker it came up with that name as a spelling mistake and suggested "Wiener Schnitzel" instead <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />


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ROTFL !!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" />

A Wiener Schnitzel is a Schnitzel - baked meat - that is originally known from Wien = Vienna, capital of Austria = Österreich .

Well, I don't really know how to describe a Wiener Schnitzel, so I can only say that you might look around for yourself if you want to get to know it more.


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Wiener Schnitzel

4 slices top round of calf (or beef)
salt
flour
1 egg
dry bread crumbs for coating
1 fresh lemon
1 anchovy filet
butter

Lightly tenderize each schnitzel, salt on both sides, dip into flour on both sides, tap off excessive flour, dip into lightly beaten egg and then in the breadcrumbs, covering both sides. Heat butter in pan, brown meat on both sides until goldenbrown in color.
Serve with slices of lemon and rolled anchovy filet. Serve with potatoes and green tossed salad.

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Wiener Schnitzel

For the traditional Wiener Schnitzel, the Viennese normally use veal, and lard to fry it. But you can also use pork, chicken or turkey and oil to fry it. It will taste just as delicious either way!

Recipe for four people:
four escalopes of 120 grams each
for the breading: flour, 2 eggs, breadcrumbs, salt, oil or lard for frying
Pound the meat thin and cut the fringes carefully. Salt lightly, bread them and put them in a saucepan and fry both sides of them in hot fat. There should be enough fat in the saucepan so that the schnitzel float in the saucepan and do`not touch the bottom.
For the breading: Prepare three plates: Put flour on one, breadcrumbs on a second and two eggs that have been whisked. Cover the meat first in the flour, then in the egg and finally in the breadcrumbs.

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Yum! That looks fantastic!


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Thanks. It's very common here in Germany (and in Austria too, I think <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> ) .


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Wiener Schnitzel

4 slices top round of calf (or beef)


Please feel free to correct me if I am wrong (though I doubt it <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shhh.gif" alt="" /> ) But that should be Veal instead of Beef, definition of Veal: Milk fed Baby Beef (Calf)

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Where would you find a veal? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />

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Typically at the Butcher <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />


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Where would you find a veal?


Typically at the Butcher <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />


or hiding behind it's mother...... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" />

hey! pork schnitzel is good too! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

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