<P> In 1961, NASA popularized the variant "A-OK" during the launch of Alan Shepard's Mercury mission . </P> <P> In Brazil, Mexico and Peru, as well as in other Latin American countries, the word is pronounced just as it is in English and is used very frequently . Spanish speakers often spell the word "okey" to conform with the spelling rules of the language . In Brazil, it may be also pronounced as "ô - kei". In Portugal, it is used with its Portuguese pronunciation and sounds something like "ókâi" (similar to the English pronunciation but with the "ó" sounding like the "o" in "lost" or "top"), or even as' oh - kapa', from the letters O (' ó') and K (' capa'). </P> <P> In Flanders and the Netherlands, "OK" has become part of the everyday Dutch language . It is pronounced the same way . </P> <P> Arabic speakers also use the word (أوكي) widely, particularly in areas of former British presence like Egypt, Jordan, Israel / Palestine and Iraq, but also all over the Arab world due to the prevalence of American cinema and television . It is pronounced just as it is in English but is very rarely seen in Arabic newspapers and formal media . </P>

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