A question RE: British Slang... - Page 2 - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum

TonyC · #11 28th February 2005, 01:21

Fascinating... :?

NickM · #12 2nd March 2005, 06:50

"Pukka Accent" means?
Another funny thing: the 'doolalee' expression was also used in this war novel I was reading...

thanks again

NickM

Allan125 · #13 2nd March 2005, 10:11

Hello Nick - in the case of your original question - a pukka accent - probably a German using an authentic "english" accent in a bid to give false information to the formation and make them think it originated from the UK, or, as they were over Sicily from Malta in this instance - rather like we did in reverse circumstances to the Germans, especially to the night fighter force in an effort to mislead them and cut down our horrendous losses. - cheers - Allan p.s. is that a good answer or am I going doolally answering it!!

Tony Kambic · #14 2nd March 2005, 17:47

Clostermann used 'gen' a few times in the Big Show.

TonyC · #15 3rd March 2005, 01:48

I think "Gen" is from "intelliGENce" - Pukka being well-known for "Genuine" too... so it could be Gen Gen...

I met a Brit in Australia when I was serving in the RAF (FEAF) in 1969 who was so surprised when I used the phrase "Duff Gen" - a phrase he hadn't heard for many years - that he asked me what I meant by it... obviously it meant wrong, dodgy, suspect information! The reverse of "Pukka Gen"...

NickM · #16 3rd March 2005, 08:12

I always thought that expression ('pukka accent') meant something of an very exaggerated, upper class 'lah dee dah'(to quote Chris Hitchens) accent...
Thanks again guys

NickM

PongoThePilot · #17 6th March 2005, 15:12

Still in use in the British Army today.

Pukka - Good, Honest , Truthful - "It's pukka gen"

Used to describe something in admiration, frequent ly used as one word .

That is PUKKA!

The opposite of Pukka is Duff.

Duff - Not good , out of date , irrelevant , untruthful. "Sorry, thats duff gen"

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