▲ 139 ▼ Why words like 'okay' and 'taxi' are universally understood across the world but survival related ones like 'help', 'water', 'food' remained nation specific? (lemmy.zip) submitted 2 years ago by opalescent@lemmy.zip to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 37 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Eylrid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago "Ok" was coined in the mid 1800s, new enough in the grand scheme of things permalink fedilink source parent