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I'm curious as to how it was adopted by countries for which English is not the primary language. I remember being surprised when I heard Parisians using it regularly in their speech.

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For one, it's an easy pick for someone with a cosmopolitan spirit. Then there's also a lot of gadgets or software that come with the untranslated "ok" which serves as a pushing base for all but the most aware and opposed to the adoption of foreign words.

>Then there's also a lot of gadgets or software that come with the untranslated "ok"

The word has been used a long time before gadgets and software became common here in Sweden. I would guess it comes from films and tv-programs.

Have heard somewhere else this was widely spread in WWII era or thereabouts since it was good for radio communications and there were many USians around

I heard it got picked up from US soldiers during WW-II.

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