Hela  +  199084 Mon, 20 Feb 06 08:10 PM Dear teachers, In the following paragraph should the word "puky" be "punky" instead? Thank you for your help. At 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 Calais we attacked a Frog behind a restaurant. By this ignorance we knew ourselves to be superior to the public-school kids, with their puky 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”. Hela Hela Joined on Mon, Nov 15 2004 Tunisia Regular Member 831 Vocabulary, Paragraphs

	Clive  +  199115 Mon, 20 Feb 06 10:49 PM Hi, No. 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'. [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 punk, punky were not used the way they are today]. Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,656 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo Vocabulary, Verbs, Negatives

	Ikia  +  199118 Mon, 20 Feb 06 10:59 PM To the person speaking, punky clothing would be a compliment. I think puky is what he intends here. By the way, his grammar is puky. If this paragraph were written in the USA, the comma would fall inside the quotes. Another thought, Hela: a uniform worn by someone carrying a briefcase is highly unlilkely to be described as punky. Ikia Ikia Joined on Thu, Dec 8 2005 Junior Member 58 Grammar, Vocabulary, Commas, Paragraphs

	Hela  +  199215 Tue, 21 Feb 06 05:47 AM Thank you. So it should be pronounced /pjuki/ or /pjukei/ the last syllable is a monophthong or diphthong? See you, Hela Hela Vocabulary, Diphthongs

	goldmund  +  199345 Tue, 21 Feb 06 01:52 PM Dear Hela, It is my opinion that it is a monophthong. Kind regards, Goldmund goldmund Joined on Fri, Jun 10 2005 Regular Member 581 «Tout homme peut dire véritablement; mais dire ordonnément, prudemment et suffisamment, peu d'hommes le peuvent.» - Michel de Montaigne Regards, Vocabulary