Pukka?

I could say that I chose this name because when I named it, I was in the midst of listening to a wonderful book by Rohinton Mistry that takes place before and after the partition of India … which is partly true … the reality is, the day I put this blog up, my iGoogle page had “pukka” as one of its Words of the Day. I’ve always liked the word, and there it was, and so here it is. As the days pass I like it more and more, so I’ve decided to capture the blog address before someone else likes the idea too much.

Per dictionary.com:

pukka \PUHK-uh\, adjective:
1. Authentic; genuine.
2. Good of its kind; first-class.

Pukka comes from Hindi pakka, “cooked, ripe,” from Sanskrit pakva-, from pacati, “he cooks.”

And this just in:
Merriam-Webster put ‘pukka’ on their list of 10 favorite Britspeak words!