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艾伦·梅特卡夫在其新作中声称,OK一词是美国最伟大的发明。此言一出,顿时引发热议。OK怎么算得上是发明?莫非有那么一天,某个家伙凭空就想到了这种表达,而这后来就成为地球上使用频率最高的口语?即使算得上是个发明,这么个小词难道真比爵士乐、棒球和电话还伟大?比喜剧《辛普森一家》还精彩?[2]虽然听起来不可思议,但第一个问题的答案就是——
In his new book, Alan Metcalfe claimed that the word OK is America’s greatest invention. His remark made a sudden heated debate. OK how to count as invented? Could it be that one day, a guy think of this out of thin air, which later became the most frequently used spoken on earth? Even if it was invented, such a small word is really better than jazz Baseball and phone still great? Better than the comedy The Simpsons? [2] Although it sounds weird, the answer to the first question is -