Inkomoko y’ijambo “OK”

Ijambo “OK” ryatangiye gukoreshwa mu myaka ya 1830 muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, cyane cyane mu mujyi wa Boston, nk’urwenya rwatangijwe n’abanyamakuru bo mu binyamakuru byandikirwaga abaturage.

Icyari kigamijwe ni kwandika amagambo nabi ku bushake, mu buryo bwa “slang” isetsa. Urugero:

• “All Correct” (bisobanura “Byose ni byo”) bari bayandika nk’“Oll Korrect”
• Maze bayagabanyaho inyuguti zigize amagambo abiri—hagakorwa “O.K.”

Uko imyaka yagiye ihita, iryo jambo ryamamaye cyane, kugeza ubwo rigiye rikoreshwa no mu rwego rwa politiki.

OK mu matora ya Perezida

Mu mwaka wa 1840, abashyigikiye Martin Van Buren, Perezida wa 8 wa Amerika, bamuhaye izina ry’akarango: “Old Kinderhook” (avuka mu gace kitwa Kinderhook, muri New York).

Bagiye babyandika nka “Vote for OK”, maze rihuzwa n’iyo slang ya “Oll Korrect”. Ijambo “OK” ryahita rikomera cyane, ritangira no gukoreshwa mu buryo rusange n’abaturage.

Uko ryakwirakwiye ku isi

Kubera ko Amerika yagize uruhare runini mu iterambere ry’itangazamakuru, ubucuruzi, n’ikoranabuhanga, iryo jambo ryakwirakwiye mu bihugu bitandukanye:

• Ryumvikana mu ndimi zose nko “ni byo”, “ndabyemeye”, “birakwiye”, “ndabyumvise”.
• Rikoreshwa cyane muri telefoni, internet, software, n’ahandi.

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