The word "pert" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe someone or something that is lively, bold, or cheeky, often in a playful or attractive way. Example: "Her pert demeanor made her the center of attention at the party." Alternatives include "lively" or "playful."
Should McDonalds' golden arches or the pert goatee and red apron of KFC's Colonel Sanders become as ubiquitous in Gaza and the West Bank as they are in so much of the world, the impact could be disastrous for family-run street stalls and cafes offering local fast food: falafel, hummus and shawarma.
So when it comes to my own wedding day I will be "ambitious", "pert" and "forward".
Or it might be the next big thing, a backlash against pert, pretty, post-reality iPop.
The wedding photos told their own story: Rose looking pert and joyous in a white half-circle hat, with a big coat hiding the bump because she'd fallen pregnant some months before, while George was in a bad suit twiddling his fingers, and with his eyes elsewhere.
A pert, faun-like face, large brown eyes, beautifully shaped eyebrows, an hourglass figure.
She immediately made a name for herself with feisty, witty pieces that marry vibrant choreography with allusions to the everyday, the urban, the familiar: slapstick crossed with pert questions about sexuality.
The final image is of a wary creature with a pert nose who shivers in her furs.
Camden noted with disapproval: "And yet in France and the Netherlands, the better sort of women will still retain their own name with their husbands … But I fear husbands will not like this note, for that some of their dames may be ambitiously over-pert and too forward to imitate it".
Based on the recently-launched C3 super-mini, and vying for buyers tempted also by a Mini or an Alfa Mito, it's a pert-looking, three-door hatchback whose blade-like roof apes the Mini's but whose "shark's fin" centre pillar – which seemingly leaves fresh air between the fin and the roof – is entirely its own.
One technique called program evaluation and review technique (PERT found civilian applications after it was invented by the U.S. Navy to build Polaris on time and under budget.
Yet he had a talented cast, with a vocally-splendid Emperor (Lynton Black), a perfect Katisha (Jill Pert), and a Nanki-Poo (Joseph Shovelton) who sings like a dream.
