英语词汇a-ok的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

A-O.K. An accidental coinage, A-O.K. was not used by American astronaut Alan Shepard while making the first sub- orbital space flight, as was widely reported. The term is actually the result of a mistake by NASA public relations officer Colonel “Shorty” Powers, who thought he heard Shepard say “A-O.K.” when the astronaut, in fact, uttered a rousing “O.K.” Powers liked the sound of A-O.K. so much that he reported it several times to newsmen before he learned of his mistake. By then it was too late, for the term became part of the language practi- cally overnight. Speech purists insist that A-O.K. is a repetition, increasing O.K. 50 percent in size, but in spoken communica- tion redundancy is not necessarily bad—in fact, it is often es- sential to clarity and understanding, especially in emergencies. And in everyday conversation A-O.K. usually means “better than O.K.,” “great,” “near perfect”—not, repeat not, just “all right.” See o.k.

词汇	a-ok
词源	A-O.K. An accidental coinage, A-O.K. was not used by American astronaut Alan Shepard while making the first sub- orbital space flight, as was widely reported. The term is actually the result of a mistake by NASA public relations officer Colonel “Shorty” Powers, who thought he heard Shepard say “A-O.K.” when the astronaut, in fact, uttered a rousing “O.K.” Powers liked the sound of A-O.K. so much that he reported it several times to newsmen before he learned of his mistake. By then it was too late, for the term became part of the language practi- cally overnight. Speech purists insist that A-O.K. is a repetition, increasing O.K. 50 percent in size, but in spoken communica- tion redundancy is not necessarily bad—in fact, it is often es- sential to clarity and understanding, especially in emergencies. And in everyday conversation A-O.K. usually means “better than O.K.,” “great,” “near perfect”—not, repeat not, just “all right.” See o.k.
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