http://www.metafilter.com/tags/alanwalkerread Posts tagged with 'alanwalkerread' at MetaFilter. Fri, 25 Oct 2002 11:33:14 -0800 Fri, 25 Oct 2002 11:33:14 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/21095/ <a href="http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=1403400">The Obituary for Alan Walker Read, the man who tracked down the origins of 'OK'</a> [from The Economist, by way of Slate] Your interest in Professor Read may be marginal, but where OK came from is pretty fascinating. Fourth word spoken on the moon? tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.21095 Fri, 25 Oct 2002 11:33:14 -0800 alanwalkerread obit obituary ok okay mojohand