OK一词源于何处？（1）

Some people say it came from the Native American Indian tribe known as the Choctaw. The Choctaw word "okeh" means the same as the American word "okay". Experts say early explorers in the American West spoke the Choctaw language in the 19th century. The language spread across the country.

But many people dispute this. Language expert Allen Walker Read wrote about the word "OK" in reports published in the 1960s. He said the word began being used in the 1830s. It was a short way of writing a different spelling of the words "all correct". Some foreign-born people wrote "all correct" as "o-l-l k-o-r-r-e-c-t" and used the letters O.K..

Other people say a railroad worker named Obadiah Kelly invented the word long ago. They said he put the first letters of his names -- O and K -- on each object people gave him to send on the train. 

 

有人说OK一词源于一个叫做乔克托的美洲印第安部落。乔克托语中的“okeh＂的含义和美语中的“okay”一样。专家称，在19世纪，美国西部的早期探险家说乔克托语，当时这种语言遍及全国。

但是很多人对此提出质疑。语言专家艾伦•沃克•里德于20世纪60年代发表的研究报告中提到了“OK”一词，他说该词从19世纪30年代开始使用，是单词“正确”（all correct）的一种不同拼法的简写。一些出生在国外的人把“正确”（all correct）写成了“o-l-l k-o-r-r-e-c-t”，并且使用字母O.K.。

其他人认为是一位叫做俄巴底亚•凯利的铁路工人在很久以前发明的这个词。他们说凯利把自己姓名的首字母--O和K，写在人们交给他送往火车上的的每件物品上，（形成了这个词）。