OK, okay or O.K.

Which do you use in your writing? I'm interested to know people's preferences.

I tend to use OK.

I never use O.K.

 

O.K. is a total no-go, but I must admit inconsistency between ok and okay.

 

I use OK casually, including here at the forum. If a character says it, I'd use Okay.

 

Did you know it stands for “oll korrect”, or “all correct”

Learnt that recently.

 

In writing I use Okay.

 

Nobody really knows what it means. It might actually have West African antecedents.

 

Yep, was going to say the same. The origin is disputed and vague with many contenders still in play.

 

Awesome! I read that it originated from USA - but this is interesting to know! Thanks for the comment

 

This is the article I read: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-word-ok-was-invented-175-years-ago-180953258/
Found it really interesting.

 

The definitive guide: https://xkcd.com/2250/

 

How interesting!

I use okay in character speech. In narrative I'm not honestly sure I use OK at all - but I'd probably go for OK in narrative.

 

The editor and philologist Robert Claiborne, in his book Our Marvelous Native Tongue, writes:

As for me, I use "Okay" in formal writing, but for emails and such I'll use "OK." I don't use "O.K." because, as others have noted, it's not an abbreviation for "Old Kinderhook" or anything else.

 

I use 'okay', without exception.

 

Either OK or okay. Just be consistent throughout your text.

 

I generally use 'okay', I don't think I tend to even do OK or ok even casually. If I was using it in writing I'd definitely go for 'okay' in narration and speech.

 

Thanks for the input! I think I'll go with the majority and use 'okay' from now on.

 

I'm pretty sure I always write "okay." Now that I think about it, I don't think I've ever used "OK", even in online discussions and such.

I think one should definitely use "okay" in dialogue, anyway.

 

I had a publisher change my okay to OK. I think there is usually some sort of house style that can vary from publisher to publisher.

 

It's okay to use OK but not ok to use O.K.

 

O.K. I got that.

 

Think you’re right about that.