Okeh vs Oker - What's the difference?
okeh | oker |
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As an interjection okeh
is alternative form of OK.As a noun oker is
interest on money; usury; increase.As a verb oker is
to increase (in price); add to.okeh
English
Interjection
(en interjection)citation, genre= , publisher= , isbn= , page=87 , passage="Look it up in the latest dictionary," suggested the President. And here is part of what was found: O.K.—a humorous or ignorant spelling of should be "okeh ," from the Choctaw language meaning, "It is so" ...}} :* {{quote-book , year=1919 , year_published=2011 , edition=Reprint , editor= , author= , title=Journal of the American Bankers Association: Volume 11 , chapter=
citation, genre= , publisher=University of Minnesota , isbn= , page=631 , passage="Once the public knows that all 'good' securities must be 'okehed'' by a state official of the state wherein they are offered to the public, and the '''''okeh verified by a local banker, …}} :* {{quote-book , year=1921 , year_published=2006 , edition=Reprint , editor= , author=Joseph P. Tumulty , title=Woodrow Wilson as I know Him , chapter=Chapter XIV, Wilson and the Old Guard
citation, genre= , publisher=Echo Library , isbn=9781406811315 , page=67 , passage= … how deeply the progressive element in the Democratic party throughout the country might misunderstand and even resent his putting his "okeh " on the candidacy of the Illinois leader for the senatorship, …}} :* {{quote-book , year=1967 , year_published=1979 , edition=Reprint , editor= , author=James Jones , title=Go to the Widowmaker , chapter= , url= , genre=Fiction , publisher=Random House , isbn=9780440129424 , page= , passage="Well, since Ron ain't goin, why don't you come on and go along with us two, Susie?" / "Okeh ," Susie grinned. "Why not?"}}
References
* Grammar of the Choctaw language, ed. by D. G. Brinton, 1870, p20,okeh* {{cite web , last =Fay , first =Jim, Ph.D. , authorlink = , coauthors = , date = 2009-06-16 , year = Revised , month = , url =http://www.illinoisprairie.info/chocokeh.htm , title =The Choctaw Expression "Okeh" and the Americanism "Okay" , format =HTML , work = , pages = , publisher = , language =English , accessdate =2012-01-16 , accessyear = }}