Venezuelan writer decries use of pun and puna

Here's a Spanish word you won't see in a dictionary, at least not yet: pun. A writer in a Venezuelan newspaper recently noted, the use of pun as a contraction for para un (or puna for para una) seems to be growing in popularity. For example, one might say "voy puna fiesta instead of "voy para una fiesta" for "I'm going to a party," at least in the area where writer Pablo Ramos Mendez lives. It's a usage that grates on Mendez's nerves. Read Mendez's column (in Spanish)...