<P> In all other examples of this interjection that I have found, it is simply ki (once spelled kie). As here, it expresses surprise, amusement, satisfaction, mild expostulation, and the like . It has nothing like the meaning of the adjective OK, which in the earliest recorded examples means' all right, good,' though it later acquires other meanings, but even when used as an interjection does not express surprise, expostulation, or anything similar . </P> <P> Whether this word is printed as OK, Ok, ok, okay, or O.K. is a matter normally resolved in the style manual for the publication involved . Dictionaries and style guides such as The Chicago Manual of Style and The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage provide no consensus . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Variation </Th> <Th> Where used / Origins </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> okeh </Td> <Td> Choctaw word for' it is so' (see above). An alternative English spelling, no longer common, although it remained in sporadic use well into the 20th century . Also see Okeh Records . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> hokay </Td> <Td> Used in English as an alternative . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> kay or' kay </Td> <Td> Notably used in Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny as a filler word by the maniacal Captain Queeg . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> k or kk or oka </Td> <Td> Commonly used in instant messaging, or in SMS messages . Before the days of SMS, "K" was used as a Morse code prosign for "Go Ahead". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Okie dokie </Td> <Td> This slang term was popularized in the film "The Little Rascals" (Oki doki). The phrase can be extended further, e.g. "Okie dokie (aka) pokie / smokie / artichokie / karaoke / lokie," etc . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ôkê </Td> <Td> Used in Vietnam; okey also used, but ok more commonly . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> okei </Td> <Td> Used in Norwegian, Icelandic, Finnish and Estonian (together with OK or ok) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> okey </Td> <Td> Used in Catalan, Faroese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish, sounding similar to the English pronunciation OK . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> okej </Td> <Td> Used in Swedish, Bosnian, Slovene, Serbian, Polish, Croatian, Macedonian and sometimes Latvian; ok also used, but less common . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> oké </Td> <Td> Used in Dutch and Hungarian . In Dutch, okee, ok and okay are also used, but are less common in the formal written language . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ookoo </Td> <Td> Used in Finland . Pronounced the same way as "OK"; the spelling arises from the pronunciation of the individual letters in Finnish . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> oquei and ocá </Td> <Td> Nowadays, rarely used in Portuguese, but once a fad in Brazil . Pronounced as the English OK or following the names of the letters in Portuguese (oh - kah). In written Portuguese, still very much used as OK . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> oukej </Td> <Td> Used in Czech and Slovak . Pronounced as the English OK . When written OK, it is pronounced (o: ka:). Neither version recognized as official . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> owkej </Td> <Td> Used in Maltese . Pronounced as the English "OK". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> oukei </Td> <Td> Used in colloquial Afrikaans . Pronounced also as "OK". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> O.K </Td> <Td> Used in Greek . The abbreviation is pronounced as the English OK . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> A-OK </Td> <Td> A more technical - sounding variation popularized by NASA in 1961 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> M'kay </Td> <Td> Slang term popularized by South Park TV show . Pronounced also as "Mmmm K". This variation has connotations of sarcasm, such as condescending disagreement . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Okily Dokily! </Td> <Td> Catchphrase used by Ned Flanders in The Simpsons . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Variation </Th> <Th> Where used / Origins </Th> </Tr>

Where did the saying okie dokie come from