Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

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Martini On Rye

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May 23, 2011

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OK vs Okay

  • May 23, 2011, 1:01pm

I'm not a pompous English Literature professor... I do know a little bit of latin and 'sacrifice of a small lamb' would be something like "vitualamen de lectulus agna". Now if "Lmus Ti Kay Mithog Il O" is Classical Latin or Ancient Roman, which I don't speak, then I guess we would have to be asking someone who was around during those times, like Jesus. After all, we DO know that "Mary had a little lamb."

I bet if you asked a small lamb if he/she wanted to be sacrified, they would not be O.K., OK, or Okay with it-- no matter how you spelled it!