Comments on: OK

By: Michael Smith

Michael Smith — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:15:32 +0000

A friend of mine always wanted to get ‘ALRIGHT’ printed on a white mug in bold black letters, “if it’s on a mug,’ he said, “it’s real.”

By: Daryl Scroggins

Daryl Scroggins — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:53:16 +0000

That happens alot.

By: Lucy Foley

Lucy Foley — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:48:10 +0000

I know, you’ll always have that. I’ve been feeling intimate about ‘alright’ all my life, and you know, I’m fond of it. There isn’t a context, formal or otherwise, in which I will not call ‘alright’ a friend. You see? You have given me paws also.

By: Daryl Scroggins

Daryl Scroggins — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:45:28 +0000

Yes, I too dislike the word "properly," and am immediately ashamed of myself if I succumb to its use. Your dissent has given me pause, though, whilst sending my paws through various sources to check myself (me being a great skeptic of any proclaimed certainty). And in such places as The Concise Wadsworth Handbook (most recent edition) I found: "Although the use of alright is increasing, current usage calls for all right." I found other similar views, though some specified that it is mostly just not right for formal writing.

By: Lucy Foley

Lucy Foley — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:30:48 +0000

Ah, properly. Yes, I would rather avoid that.

By: Daryl Scroggins

Daryl Scroggins — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:29:42 +0000

I know of many places where things are not properly done

By: Lucy Foley

Lucy Foley — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:29:13 +0000

It’s alright it’s alright it’s alright!

By: Lucy Foley

Lucy Foley — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:27:25 +0000

‘S not how we do it round these parts, I’m afraid.

By: Daryl Scroggins

Daryl Scroggins — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:26:34 +0000

Let’s ask Cindy: Cindy (I’m sitting with her at this moment), is “all right” set as one word or as two? Cindy: “It’s two words. I thought you knew that.”

By: Lucy Foley

Lucy Foley — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:21:38 +0000

Says who?