2009年12月23日星期三

Puke

Been long since I've posted something here. Well, when writing is all that you do, the fun of it seems to be missing somehow... Yep, hope that I can write more in the future (though I highly doubt so).


Anyway, remember how they used to tell you school not to use singlish words while talking to a foreigner (Caucasians) in English? And how the word 'puke' is labeled as a 'singlish word' where Caucasians won't understand a single bit of it. And remember how its shown in 'child not stupid' (小孩不笨) that this particular word is a word that all foreign Caucasians won't understand? Well, here's the good news: They are all WRONG!!!

Why? Well, as a matter-o-fact, this word originates from the west itself. Here are some quotes from dictionary.com:

Puke verb, puked, puk-ing. noun
-verb (used without object), verb (used with object) Slang
1. to vomit.

-noun
2. vomit.
3. a. any food or dink that is repulsive.
b. anything that is contemptible or worthless.

Word Origin & History

puke (v.)
1600, probably of imitative origin (cf. Ger, spucken "to spit," L. spuere); first recorded in the "Seven Ages of Man" speech in Shakespeare's "As You Like It." The noun meaning "material thrown up in vomiting" is form 1961.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/puke

So... Here you go~ Puke is not a word that originates from Singapore, so you dudes out there teaching or whatsoever, don't be so full of yourself~~~

And how come all of a sudden I've thought of such an repulsive word? Well, as a matter-o-fact, this word appeared in the game left 4 dead 2 (an American one, obviously). It so happened to describe an item that is of a bottle containing some vomit of an infected called "boomer". One of such appeared in the following quote:

"Is that a bottle of puke?" - Nick
So if some idiot ever tells u that "puke" is a singlish word", punch him.

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