It was a short way of writing a different spelling of the words all correct. Some foreign-born people wrote all correct as o-l-l k-o-r-r-e-c-t, and used the letters O.K.

VOA: special.2010.02.28

Why didn't they keep right on going with G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P?

为什么他们不接着写下去呢,按照字母表

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"That's kind of fun!" "What's your name?" "Broklin,B-R-O-K-L-I-N."

VOA: special.2010.04.30