Show expression 0 K said to be traced to haiti among the thet explanations for the expression 0 K meaning all right one is that it is derived from a seaport on the southern coast of haiti which was a famous source of superior rum and tobacco shipped to the american colonies the name of the port was aux cayes pronounced oh cay the colonists buying rum or tobacco would ask Is it aux if it was they knew it was good the words soon became a symbol for good quality but the letters 0 K naturally took the place of the words when written by persons not familiar with the real meaning it is said another theory is that the initials 0 R meaning ordered recorded being carelessly written on docu ments were misread as 0 K and so came to stand tor for a symbol of correctness it is also asserted thai that 0 O K as an abbreviation for artemus ward s spelling of all cor first gained currency among old time telegraph operators As a verb an authority says the expression should be written 0 K d or 0 K ing |