Pickles by Brian Crane for September 21, 2017

I write “okay” all the time. (I guess writing it as “OK” would also be a problem for Opal.)

Ah! maternal guilt in action. Been there and even though Mom passed on 8 years ago, it still works. I wish I had learned how to project it on to my kids, for Good, that is.

I NEVER write “Okay”. I always use “OK”.

Opal has a point.

Someone at work, the bright chipper type, renders it as, “okies”.

The Post Office has me brainwashed. Every time I see “OK”, I think “Oklahoma”.

No subject is too trivial that a parent can’t find a way to invoke guilt in the child.

answer: ya

“Ya”? I don’t understand this one. Is is short for "Yeah’? Or a bastardized “Yes”? Color me old and clueless.

I refuse to use text abbreviations.

In answer to Queen of America, both my sons text all the time and have given up trying to get me and their mother to “join” the “new age” Ain’t gonna happen, but if I DID text with only 140 characters available, I’d use the letter “Y” and “N” for yes or no. Anybody not under stand this message: Will C U IN A.M.Don’t understand why the whole word has to be spelled out, for Opal’s viewing.

Text abbreviations are getting ridiculous. Like I said yesterday, Is it really a struggle to do a fully worded text?

I much prefer to write in full words and use punctuation in texting like I am doing now in the comments.

Hope that’s “K” with everyone.

xxx

Next time just text her “OK” and she will understand. I don’t think you’re too lazy to type one extra letter.

Boom.

You gotta remember that this “super abbreviation” came about because cell companies used to (and some probably still do) charge text messages based on the number of characters sent. It was/is a way to save money. (“C U L8R” costed say $0.35, vs “See you later.” costing $0.70, thus saving 50% of the cost to convey the same message.)

Ok always underlines in red here – it’s not okay with them I guess.

Actually, OK is the correct spelling. It is short for “orl korrect” (all correct), from Van Buren’s presidential campaign. His nickname was Old Kinderhook.

Everyone seems to thinks it perfectly okay to respond to a lunch invitation with “okay”, however spelt. I think it’s rude.