Is “O K” used in all languages?
“Okay has become an essentially global term, used today in most languages and most cultures around the world. English speakers everywhere use and understand it. In Europe the word is widespread and well-recognized. In Brazil and Mexico the word is pronounced just as it is in English, and is used very frequently, although in Brazil it may be also pronounced as “óka”. In Portugal, it is used with its Portuguese pronunciation and sounds something like “ókâi”. Arabic speakers also use the word widely, particularly in areas of former British occupation like Egypt, Jordan, Israel, and Palestine but also all over the Arab world due to the prevalence of American cinema and television. In Israel, the word okay is highly common and almost replaced the Hebrew meaning of okay, which means “fine” (בסדר in Hebrew) or “good” (טוב in Hebrew). It is written as it sounds in English אוקיי. At first it was considered as sort of spoken slang, but now it has reached the written world such as newspapers. A s
