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From: gino@voder.UUCP (Gino Bloch)
Newsgroups: net.jokes.d,net.nlang
Subject: Re: Origins of Words
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Date: Wed, 26-Sep-84 16:18:30 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 26 16:18:30 1984
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>> According to my high school German teacher, the word OK comes from
>> the name of an inspector in a VW plant, Otto K???, who wrote his
>> initials on each car that passed inspection.  Of course, I don't have
>> any definitive references either.
>> -- 
>> Peter Fales
Have you ever driven an 1850 VW?
-- 
Gene E. Bloch (...!nsc!voder!gino)