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Hela Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

vocabulary: punky?

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00In the following paragraph should the word "puky" be "punky" instead? Thank you for your help.02br
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00At my school they taught you a bit of French, but anyone who attempted to pronounce a world correctly was laughed down. On a trip to 00 we attacked a Frog behind a restaurant. By this ignorance we knew ourselves to be superior to the public-school kids, with their 01b00puky02b00 uniforms and leather briefcases, and Mummy and daddy waiting outside in the car to pick them up. We were rougher; we disrupted all lessons; we were fighters; we never carried no effeminate briefcases since we never did no homework. We were proud of never learning anything except the names of footballers, the personnel of rock groups and the lyrics of “I am a walrus”. 02br
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0Hi,02br 02br 00No. It's from the verb 'puke', meaning 'vomit'. It means the uniforms looked like vomit, which of course is a negative comment.

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 00No.
  • It's from the verb 'puke', meaning 'vomit'.
  • It means the uniforms looked like vomit, which of course is a negative comment.
  • 02br 02br 00[The reference to “I am a walrus” makes me think this writing refers to a time about 35 years ago.
  • At that time, the words 01i 00punk, punky02i 00 were not used the way they are today].
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0Hi,02br
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00No. It's from the verb 'puke', meaning 'vomit'. It means the uniforms looked like vomit, which of course is a negative comment. I'd spell it 'pukey'.02br
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00[The reference to “I am a walrus” makes me think this writing refers to a time about 35 years ago. At that time, the words 01i00punk, punky02i00 were not used
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0To the person speaking, punky clothing would be a compliment. I think puky is what he intends here. By the way, his grammar is puky.02br
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00If this paragraph were written in the USA, the comma would fall inside the quotes.02br
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00Another thought, Hela: a uniform worn by someone carrying a briefcase is highly unlilkely to be described as punky.02
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0Thank you. So it should be pronounced /pjuki/ or /pjukei/ the last syllable is a monophthong or diphthong?02br
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00See you,02br
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0Dear Hela,02br
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00It is my opinion that it is a monophthong. 05002br
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00Kind regards, 05102br
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0Thank you Goldmund 050010id1
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