OK, is Martin Van Buren responsible for the tiny word that punches above its weight? From Buenos Aires to Bangkok, Montreal to Moscow, nearly every taxi driver in the world understands "OK." ...

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From Buenos Aires to Bangkok, Montreal to Moscow, nearly every taxi driver in the world understands "OK." It's a gift from American English that's spread across the globe in less than 200 years.

But it was the following year, 1840, and the reelection campaign of President Martin Van Buren that really brought the word into its own.

From Buenos Aires to Bangkok, Montreal to Moscow, the languages may differ, but nearly every taxi driver or street vendor in the world understands one word made famous during a raucous U.S.

From Buenos Aires to Bangkok, Montreal to Moscow, nearly every taxi driver in the world understands "OK." It's a gift from American English that's spread across the globe in less than 200 years.