Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/15

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Subject: RE: [Leica] pukka (was NY Photo Expo: A talk with Leica
From: dmorton@journalist.co.uk (David Morton)
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 19:18 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
 
Jonathan.Lee writes:

> Pukka is used in English (at least post-colonial Canadian 
English) to 
> denote
> something as authentic is a degrogatory fashion.  Calling 
something a 
> pukka
> Leica is not a complement. 

Interesting, because in British English "Pukka" is positive and 
is *never* used pejoratively.

David Morton
dmorton@journalist.co.uk