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Post by epeanymous on Apr 22, 2020 18:39:17 GMT
I have been using it for years but not in that context—more like “it’s junk, but it’s cute/has some value/isn’t actual garbage.” I lived near a store years ago that called itself a “junque store” and was like that.
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Post by freecharlie on Apr 22, 2020 19:19:19 GMT
I decided not to open the other thread because if the word in the title. It irritates me for some dumb reason when people try to make words upscale for lack of a better term (although poncy) night fit.
This thread is incredibly amusing to me.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Apr 22, 2020 20:05:12 GMT
If memory serves, FIL used to pronounce it “YOON-key”. Nooooooooooooo! I just want to say “Get off my lawn” to this whole thread. LOL, he was a senior citizen already when he passed away, soooo... |
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Post by gar on Apr 23, 2020 8:24:04 GMT
I have been using it for years And how are you pronouncing it? I can't 'hear' a version in my head that doesn't sound ridiculous  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2020 10:31:44 GMT
I wasn't going to make a fool of myself last night and confess that I didn't know what it meant either.  I've never heard of it until I saw it on another thread on here. Now, having looked it up I'm thinking it's a one word description of the saying "One man's trash( junk) is another man's treasure" maybe- especially to the upcycling side of things. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2020 10:35:42 GMT
I have been using it for years And how are you pronouncing it? I can't 'hear' a version in my head that doesn't sound ridiculous After some of the threads on here about other words I can guarantee that we wouldn't be pronouncing it the same way as the majority  |
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Post by gar on Apr 23, 2020 10:51:59 GMT
And how are you pronouncing it? I can't 'hear' a version in my head that doesn't sound ridiculous After some of the threads on here about other words I can guarantee that we wouldn't be pronouncing it the same way as the majority  Maybe  But how could you say it - joon-qway? Joon-cue? Jun-qway? Joon-k? I'm intrigued |
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Post by epeanymous on Apr 23, 2020 12:29:04 GMT
I have been using it for years And how are you pronouncing it? I can't 'hear' a version in my head that doesn't sound ridiculous I just pronounce it like “junk.” I really apologize—from reading this thread, I feel like I have come off as somehow pretentious or precious or something. I thought it was in common use :/. |
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Post by gar on Apr 23, 2020 12:36:19 GMT
And how are you pronouncing it? I can't 'hear' a version in my head that doesn't sound ridiculous I just pronounce it like “junk.” I really apologize—from reading this thread, I feel like I have come off as somehow pretentious or precious or something. I thought it was in common use :/. I hadn't thought that at all  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2020 12:46:55 GMT
I must be in the minority but I always see it as "El Junque" the rain forest on Puerto Rico.  |
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Post by AussieMeg on Apr 23, 2020 13:10:03 GMT
I had never seen or heard the word "junque" until the thread here the other day.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2020 13:38:10 GMT
After some of the threads on here about other words I can guarantee that we wouldn't be pronouncing it the same way as the majority Maybe But how could you say it - joon-qway? Joon-cue? Jun-qway? Joon-k? I'm intrigued I guess the ue is silent as in cheque / tongue/ opaque ......so like junk I would think but ith a " posh" spelling |
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Post by gar on Apr 23, 2020 13:40:38 GMT
Maybe But how could you say it - joon-qway? Joon-cue? Jun-qway? Joon-k? I'm intrigued I guess the ue is silent as in cheque / tongue/ opaque ......so like junk I would think but ith a " posh" spelling  Hardly worth the effort  |
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Post by questioning on Apr 23, 2020 13:59:50 GMT
Exactly. There was a little antique, vintage type store near me growing up. It was Ye Olde Junque Shoppe. 1960-70s attempt at humor. Thank you monklady123, you spared me googling. |
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Apr 23, 2020 14:28:14 GMT
And how are you pronouncing it? I can't 'hear' a version in my head that doesn't sound ridiculous I just pronounce it like “junk.” I really apologize—from reading this thread, I feel like I have come off as somehow pretentious or precious or something. I thought it was in common use :/. Not at all! I thought I was being really thick, not ever having heard of it before. That's how we learn things here. When that word finally makes its way to my town, I'll be the only person who can give a little smug smile and explain what it means - and be thankful for the Peas! |
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But how could you say it - joon-qway? Joon-cue? Jun-qway? Joon-k? I'm intrigued 
