[Magdalen] Our latest Monterey County Weekly cover.

[Lynn Ronkainen]

I think wonky means more 'on the blink'.... or just a bit *off*...

(which I don't find synonymous with the previously exegeted definition of 
wonker... besides one is a verb and one a noun, David! : )

L

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Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Our latest Monterey County Weekly cover.

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> In a message dated 8/17/2016 1:52:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> petard at petard.us writes:
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> On  Wednesday, August 17, 2016 04:30:48 AM Allan Carr wrote:
>> Wanker is  British English.
>> American English, the Urban Dictionary likes  dickhead.>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> I get the British slang, "wonky," and "wanky" confused.
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> I guess they mean essentially the same thing.
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> I first came across wonky in one of the episodes of that priceless
> BBC series, "Keeping Up Appearances," when the TV repairman
> comes into the Bucket (pronounced bouquet) home and asks if
> there is a "wonky" television set.
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> The two terms are among those in English in which the sound of
> the spoken word evokes the meaning.
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> David S.
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