Welcome to another wild, wacky and wonderful Wednesday, where I get to play around with words that are underused and under-appreciated (in my opinion), and give them a turn in the spotlight. This week I have been given a suggestion by the wonderful Geoff from Tangental. He is certainly a master of words if ever I met one, and is the author of two books which you can check out on his website. So the words for this week is…
Pukka. Now this word is proper, the real deal, bang on the money type of a word. it is genuine and sincere, bona fide, spot on. A certain young Naked Chef made this saying popular some time ago and for such a simple word, it manages to say a lot.
It can be authentic and original, top-notch and tip-top. smart and special. An all round good-egg, or someone who has been a brick!
It could actually apply to good old Geoff himself!!!
The first thing I thought of was pukka shell necklaces from Hawaii! Is it pronounced the same way?
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it sounds like chucka, that’s how we pronounce it 🙂
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Okay, thanks!
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And you know it originates from India! Pukka means real, not fake, in Hindi, and Punjabi, so it’s another word taken from the British Raj times!
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Yes, I did notice it had Indian origins I like that it is a combination of cultures word! 🙂
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You can imagine it’s funny that a modern day chef made it so popular, considering its age old origins!!
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Yes, that is true. Well it deserved to be revived!
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I checked the word over leo.org and saw that it originates from India! Was sure you would mention that too! 🙂
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Yes it does originate in India. Ritu and David mentioned it in the comments 🙂
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I saw it when I commented. Love that it is such a connecting word!
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Yes, we can all give our opinions and add something extra 🙂
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The great thing about blogging!
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😊😊😊
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Oh you sugar tongued saucepot you
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Ha ha! That’s me! 😆
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It’s funny that the word seemed to have taken of more in the South of the UK than the North considering how may communities in the North are from India, Pakistan or Bangladesh.
Some fantasti words followed the Raj back home other than curry of course, as well as Pukka there’s pyjamas which is a great word and Bungalow which is a popular one (especially with my age group ha ha).
xxx Massive Hugs xxx
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I did not realise pyjamas was another word that had come back from the days of the Raj. I love bungalow too!!! You are not that old David. Hugs xxxx
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What a nice person you are. Thank you.
xxx Hugs xxx
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I have my moments . Hugs xxxx
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That word is cute and sounds well to its meaning to me!
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Yes it does to me too 🙂
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You always have such cool words!
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I was helped out with this one, Geoff chose it 🙂
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That is true… but you posted it! I wouldn’t have known about it without you! 🙂
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A combined effort 🙂
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Yep!!! 😊
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Just learned a new word…
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It is such a great word! 🙂
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New word for me, Judy. Learned a lot from your commentors too…pajamas has a Raj history, who knew? 🙂
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Yes, it was wonderful that they contributed as well 🙂
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