was having this disscusion with a friend for about half an hour....very bored
Poll
The word most understood by the world
| Yes | 6% | 6% - 5 | ||||
| No | 17% | 17% - 14 | ||||
| Ok | 48% | 48% - 39 | ||||
| Fuck | 28% | 28% - 23 | ||||
| Total: 81 | ||||||
Ok
I would say fuck
Ok
Its got to be "ok" I mean chinese people say, how many chinese people are there? Point proven.
the answer is probably "no" or "okay" but I voted fuck just to be cool.
Peer pressure, eh? All the cool kids were doing it.. Lol. I think they are all understood, although not so much fuck. I mean yes, no and ok you can make gestures along with them.. although in saying that you could for fuck aswellCruZ4dR wrote:
the answer is probably "no" or "okay" but I voted fuck just to be cool.
I read somewhere that 'Coke' is the most known word in the world.
I heard on that advert Ok is the most common word in the world.
Surprisingly, the common gestures we use to signal 'yes', 'no', and 'ok' (like nodding our head or giving the 'ok' sign) aren't very universal. They mean vastly different things around the world, even sometimes taken to be vulgar.l-aLeX-l wrote:
Peer pressure, eh? All the cool kids were doing it.. Lol. I think they are all understood, although not so much fuck. I mean yes, no and ok you can make gestures along with them.. although in saying that you could for fuck aswellCruZ4dR wrote:
the answer is probably "no" or "okay" but I voted fuck just to be cool.
I have Spanish, Italian and Chinese friends, and the only words i can understand when they speak their language is ok.
Fuck ok? Yes / no?
http://www.goodbyemag.com/oct02/read.html
Allen Walker Read’s most famous quest was for the origins of the term OK. Any number of etymologies had been suggested, proposing origins as diverse as the German phrase Ohne Korrectu, meaning without correction, the Haitian rum port of Aux Cayes, and the civil war biscuit manufacturer Orrin Kendall. There was a term in telegraphy known as Open Key, and a Choctaw word okeh. Olla Kella means all good in Greek. There was even a Finnish etymon, oikea, meaning correct. When reading through Read’s essay “The Folklore of O.K.,” (1964) in which these and many other proposed etymologies appear, one is tempted to favor the “Orient Express” solution: they all did it.
Read was able to clear away the underbrush with what looks like an indisputable proof. OK originated among a lighthearted group of Bostonians in the late 1830s who called themselves the “Anti-Bell-Ringing Society.” There was a fad at the time in newspapers of abbreviating phrases, some of them quite obscure, such as M.P.L (Mistress of Polite Literature) and L.L. (liver loafers). Amazingly, they were often glossed on the spot, so that there is no question about what they stood for, although we are not always sure what they meant. The A. B. R. S. (often referred to this way) delighted in such abbreviations, with the added complexity of deliberate misspelling, disspellings, perhaps. For example, O.W. stood for All Right. This would seem too baroque, except that O.K (Oll Korrect) appeared, glossed, in the Boston Morning Post on March 23, 1839. Read found the citation and then was able to trace it forward in other Boston papers and then in publications in Pennsylvania and New York. The thing spread, virus-like, all over the country. Soon it was being used in the presidential campaign of Martin Van Buren, but the reference was “Old Kinderhook.” OK was then found its way abroad, to the point where it is perhaps most universally understood term in the world.
Allen Walker Read’s most famous quest was for the origins of the term OK. Any number of etymologies had been suggested, proposing origins as diverse as the German phrase Ohne Korrectu, meaning without correction, the Haitian rum port of Aux Cayes, and the civil war biscuit manufacturer Orrin Kendall. There was a term in telegraphy known as Open Key, and a Choctaw word okeh. Olla Kella means all good in Greek. There was even a Finnish etymon, oikea, meaning correct. When reading through Read’s essay “The Folklore of O.K.,” (1964) in which these and many other proposed etymologies appear, one is tempted to favor the “Orient Express” solution: they all did it.
Read was able to clear away the underbrush with what looks like an indisputable proof. OK originated among a lighthearted group of Bostonians in the late 1830s who called themselves the “Anti-Bell-Ringing Society.” There was a fad at the time in newspapers of abbreviating phrases, some of them quite obscure, such as M.P.L (Mistress of Polite Literature) and L.L. (liver loafers). Amazingly, they were often glossed on the spot, so that there is no question about what they stood for, although we are not always sure what they meant. The A. B. R. S. (often referred to this way) delighted in such abbreviations, with the added complexity of deliberate misspelling, disspellings, perhaps. For example, O.W. stood for All Right. This would seem too baroque, except that O.K (Oll Korrect) appeared, glossed, in the Boston Morning Post on March 23, 1839. Read found the citation and then was able to trace it forward in other Boston papers and then in publications in Pennsylvania and New York. The thing spread, virus-like, all over the country. Soon it was being used in the presidential campaign of Martin Van Buren, but the reference was “Old Kinderhook.” OK was then found its way abroad, to the point where it is perhaps most universally understood term in the world.
Isnt Coca Cola one of the worlds most understood words/term? Im sure i read it somewhere (I guess it doesnt count as its a brand?)
Coca Cola is the most univerally understood brand name.
Okay (or OK) is the most universally understood word.
Okay (or OK) is the most universally understood word.
beaten to itMrE`158 wrote:
Coca Cola is the most univerally understood brand name.
Okay (or OK) is the most universally understood word.
Ok, who does'nt knows this word? lol
please consider:
are the words are said with or without physical expression?
if so...fuck - your anger would be obvious.
also, yes and no would be obvious with head nods.
are the words are said with or without physical expression?
if so...fuck - your anger would be obvious.
also, yes and no would be obvious with head nods.
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gotta consider the asian culture...where nods/bows are a gesture of politeness....(used to be by rank). But if you nod/bow and say FUCK....OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!CoronadoSEAL wrote:
please consider:
are the words are said with or without physical expression?
if so...fuck - your anger would be obvious.
also, yes and no would be obvious with head nods.
head nods are not the same in every country, in some places left to right means yes I think.
I believe I read some where that all over the world, the last word they hear on many ( Black box ) Flight Recorders is..
( and in perfect English ) "shit ."
I believe " Coke " is actually the most (recognized) word
( and in perfect English ) "shit ."
I believe " Coke " is actually the most (recognized) word
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