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When did "that's ok with me" become "I'm ok with that"?

Asked by Zissou (3374points) November 20th, 2016

When I was young, one expressed acceptance of a situation by saying, “that’s ok with me.” Somewhere along the line, the syntax got reversed, and people started saying, “I’m ok with that.” When did this begin?

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Coloma's avatar

Interesting observation and you are right, I had never really given this much thought but…I would say it has been the thing for, at least, the last handful or years or so, mostly amongst the younger crowd, 20’s/30’s. Funny observation.

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JLeslie's avatar

Did it change? I’ve never even noticed this difference, and usually I notice sentence patterns.

Interesting. Is it for sure a change? Have you moved and it’s a regional thing possibly?

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Aster's avatar

I don’t have any idea when it happened. But it seems like the man who advertises Trivago on television started, “I totally get that.” Now my daughter says , “I get that” and I don’t know where she got it !

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