Language strives not only for unification, but also for simplicity. Therefore, many concepts are often replaced by abbreviations. Such common abbreviated signs, of course, include a sign indicating consent, that is, OK.
This statement was born in America, but is present in almost all languages of the world. There are many theories of the origin of the OK sign.
Political Advertising
It is known that in 1840, US President Martin Van Buren conducted his advertising campaign, where the name of his place of birth was present as a slogan, which he briefly designated as OK, and a politician was born in the Dutch village of Kinderhook. And with the help of such a reduction, the young activists of his political party began to spread this slogan, which later became stuck in the memory of many people for a long time, but changed semantics.
Error
The second version of the occurrence of the OK sign is the incorrect spelling of the American phrase "everything is correct." So, at the beginning of the 20th century, an American editor posted a typo article in a newspaper. The article ridiculed spelling and spoke about the natural simplicity of the language, so this mistake was made by the authors intentionally. Either the authors were convincing, or the reduction turned out to be so successful, but OK took root in the meaning of "good", "everything is fine."
