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¿De dónde viene la expresión OK?

¿Alguien sabe de dónde viene la expresión OK?

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Created: 20:58, 18 October 2011

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nelson qiao

La expresión OK que se utiliza para decir que algo está bien tiene un origen poco claro, pero la versión más extendida es que nació durante la Guerra Civil Americana: los soldados utilizaban la expresión 0 Killed cuando no habían tenido bajas durante un ataque, sinónimo de que todo había ido bien.

00:56, 21 October 2011

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