Comments on: Daily Chosun Link III: Pukkah Edition http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/noted/daily_chosun_link_iii_pukkah_edition.html what is the vertiginous chapati saying to me? Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:39:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: kotaji ͱ∞ÌÉÄÏßÄ :: Asian History Carnival #9 :: November :: 2006 http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/noted/daily_chosun_link_iii_pukkah_edition.html#comment-5957 kotaji ͱ∞ÌÉÄÏßÄ :: Asian History Carnival #9 :: November :: 2006 Sat, 11 Nov 2006 18:46:41 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/uncategorized/daily_chosun_link_iii_pukkah_edition#comment-5957 [...] Moving over to South Asia, Chapati Mystery has a post that occupies the delightful interzone between Indo-English language and Korean middle-aged women, quoting from a translated Chosun Ilbo article that uses the word pukkah. Growing up in South London it was a long time before I knew that the word pukkah was of Hindi origin, so its use in a Korean context doesn’t seem too out there. [...] [...] Moving over to South Asia, Chapati Mystery has a post that occupies the delightful interzone between Indo-English language and Korean middle-aged women, quoting from a translated Chosun Ilbo article that uses the word pukkah. Growing up in South London it was a long time before I knew that the word pukkah was of Hindi origin, so its use in a Korean context doesn’t seem too out there. [...]

]]> By: AG http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/noted/daily_chosun_link_iii_pukkah_edition.html#comment-5956 AG Fri, 27 Oct 2006 05:01:39 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/uncategorized/daily_chosun_link_iii_pukkah_edition#comment-5956 Dari: "Pakah" would mean fan. Dari: “Pakah” would mean fan.

]]> By: Jonathan Dresner http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/noted/daily_chosun_link_iii_pukkah_edition.html#comment-5955 Jonathan Dresner Fri, 27 Oct 2006 03:04:11 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/uncategorized/daily_chosun_link_iii_pukkah_edition#comment-5955 In Hawaiian, "puka" means hole or gap. Among other things.... In Hawaiian, “puka” means hole or gap. Among other things….

]]> By: DdaComy http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/noted/daily_chosun_link_iii_pukkah_edition.html#comment-5954 DdaComy Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:01:15 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/uncategorized/daily_chosun_link_iii_pukkah_edition#comment-5954 http://kr.sch.ks.yahoo.com/search.html?p=pucka This was all I could find so far. It can be spelled 'pukka' or 'pukkah.' Basically it means it's highly important or an official opsition is permanent. The link says it stems from a Hindu word. So, the Chosun articles is saying, "it is very important to REFRAIN......" How Pukkah got to be used in Korean English, I have no idea.... http://kr.sch.ks.yahoo.com/search.html?p=pucka

This was all I could find so far. It can be spelled ‘pukka’ or ‘pukkah.’ Basically it means it’s highly important or an official opsition is permanent. The link says it stems from a Hindu word. So, the Chosun articles is saying, “it is very important to REFRAIN……”

How Pukkah got to be used in Korean English, I have no idea….

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