Today's BWOTD is one that originally came from the former British Colony of India:
"I thought it would be poor quality, but it was pukka!"
'Pukka' = good stuff/the genuine article
This is a word you heard more in the 1980-90's in the UK, it seems to have gone out of 'fashion' somewhat, but it's still popular in London.
It originates from the Hindi word 'pakka', meaning substantial.
5 comments:
In Hawaiian, puka means hole. Puka shell necklaces where popular once. It was called that because you strung together shells with little pukas in them.
I never knew that's where it originated!!!
Victoria xx
Nothing to do with "Pukka Pies", then?
Janet
And it sounds very Jamie Oliver too! Hope you enjoy your shopping day!
This is my favorite part of your blog Sarah...and thanks to all the Rudyard Kipling I read as a child, I knew at once what you were about, lol...
Sandi
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