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23 January

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What is the difference between folk and fuck ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.

The question is about differences in pronunciation, please include recordings if necessary

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“Folk” - means “people”, not used very frequently as it’s a little outdated. - pronounced more like ‘foke’ (like the soda ‘coke’)
Ex:
•“How are your folks?” - “how is your family?” (Your family is sometimes referred to as your people”
•”The good folks of Johnson City.” - “The good people of Johnson City.”

“Fuck” - means many things: to have sex with someone (verb), to hurt someone (verb), to ruin something or make a mistake (verb), as an angry or scared or surprised or happy or literally anything (interjection), and so many other reasons. It’s like how in Mexico, the word “orale” can mean a ton of things too lol (not saying they mean the same thing though). Pronounced how it’s spelled “fuck”
Ex:
•“I walked in on them fucking (having sex).”
•”If you slap me again, I will fuck you up!”
•gets pulled over by a cop friend:”haha you fucked up!”
•stubs toe “fuck!”
•friend scare you “ahh! Fuck!”
•Ronaldo misses the winning penalty kick “fuck!”
(‘The fuck’ being used as an enhancement)
•”what the fuck is that?” - what is that
•”who the fuck are you?” - who are you
... you get the point lol

Thanks to all of you for the definitions and examples, special thanks to Rea-Nova for the recordings

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