OK, is Martin Van Buren responsible for the tiny word that punches above its weight?

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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.

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