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12: OK (featuring Allan Metcalf)
It's one of the most commonly recognised English words in the world. You probably use it scores of times a day. But how much do you know about 'okay'? Joining Ben and Daniel is Allan Metcalfe, linguist and author of "OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word", this week on Talk the Talk.
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By Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård
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It's one of the most commonly recognised English words in the world. You probably use it scores of times a day. But how much do you know about 'okay'? Joining Ben and Daniel is Allan Metcalfe, linguist and author of "OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word", this week on Talk the Talk.
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