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Wow, "backronym". Cool word. Interesting something can be widely accepted among a nation and have little to no surety about etymology
by mptest 3y ago
Wow, "backronym". Cool word. Interesting something can be widely accepted among a nation and have little to no surety about etymology
- delecti 3y agoJust wait until you hear about "okay". It's widely used in languages around the world, and there are dozens of competing etymologies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proposed_etymologies_of_OK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proposed_etymologies_o...
- mptest 3y agoThat was an incredible read. thank you for that. "Oll Korrect", Old kinderhook(!) , oke okeh, Ohne Korrectur. Etymology is awesome. I really overestimated how much we know about our own language I guess!