{"id":251,"date":"2007-02-09T18:38:38","date_gmt":"2007-02-09T23:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ohmypod.net\/podcast\/index.php\/archives\/why-pokey-is-funny-to-filipinos\/"},"modified":"2007-02-09T18:41:17","modified_gmt":"2007-02-09T23:41:17","slug":"why-pokey-is-funny-to-filipinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ohmypod.net\/podcast\/archives\/why-pokey-is-funny-to-filipinos\/","title":{"rendered":"Why ‘pokey’ is funny to filipinos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our listener Ben wondered why his filipino friends would giggle when using the word “pokey”….<\/p>\n

(original post on publicjourinal.com “pocky vs puke” link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u30dd\u30c3\u30ad <\/strong>[Japanese: po\u00b7kki | ‘po-kki | ]
\n puke<\/strong> [Tagalog: pu\u00b7ke | ‘po\u014d-keh | ]<\/p>\n

One is the sweet treat, and the other… well it could be a sweet treat.<\/p>\n

Pocky<\/strong> [link<\/a>], is a Japanese confection consisting of a biscuit\/cookie\/breadstick partially coated with a sweet shell.<\/p>\n

Puke<\/strong>, is the generalized term for vagina.<\/p>\n

Pukengkeng<\/strong> [ Tagalog: pu\u00b7keng\u00b7keng | ‘po\u014d\u00b7kehng\u00b7kehng | ] is the slang for pussy, a contraction of “puke” and “kerengkeng” meaning a woman of loose morals.<\/p>\n

There’s your lesson for the day, one step closer to becoming a cunning linguist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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