'nadda ALOHA from Washington

[Leo Lakio]

Re: 'nadda ALOHA from Washington

Now it's getting too complicated for me. Think I'll stick with using my old catch-all favorite, babooze. Too bad, uncle, that name's already been taken.

FWIW - I have requested a name change from the Admin; don't know if it'll be approved, but I hope so - don't want to make waves (well, at least not YET...)

[Leo Lakio]

Re: 'nadda ALOHA from Washington

Howzit AO. So how long ago did you meet your kane?

Actually, I'm the kane - I met my wahine in Seattle a decade ago; she came over to study at UW and didn't go back (lucky for me!)

[Glen Miyashiro]

Re: 'nadda ALOHA from Washington

Actually, I'm the kane - I met my wahine in Seattle a decade ago; she came over to study at UW and didn't go back (lucky for me!)

Oh! OK. When you said "your sweetie" it sounded to me like something a wahine would say. Or maybe you were both kane. You can never tell.

[Mokihana]

Re: 'nadda ALOHA from Washington

I'm in Seattle, where the links to Hawai`i just keep getting stronger. The Island `ohana in this area is BIG! We have dozens of hula halau, several radio programs (and even a cable TV show) of Hawaiian music and cultural discussion, a monthly community newspaper, several great Hawaiian restaurants, and a few Island-themed gift shops. We've had a lot of Hawaiian musicians come through the area in recent years, too.

I'm involved in a lot of these activities myself - I play music and dance (a little) with one halau, I'm one of the radio/TV hosts, I write music reviews for the newspaper, and emcee some of the concerts. As part of my job, I program Hawaiian music for stores, malls, restaurants, airports, etc., in Hawai`i.

And I'm not from the Islands - I'm a convert who has been drawn in by the culture and people. My sweetie is from Kane`ohe, so we visit family almost every year. The people of the Hawaiian/Pacific Islands community in this area have opened their arms wide to welcome me in, and I feel so fortunate every day to be witness to the real meaning of "aloha spirit."

Eh Brah, good to meet u in Kalama. Shuah was one great concert Friday nite!

[Leo Lakio]

Re: 'nadda ALOHA from Washington

Oh! OK. When you said "your sweetie" it sounded to me like something a wahine would say. Or maybe you were both kane. You can never tell.

True enuf. I thought maybe you assumed I was wahine because I mentioned that I dance hula - and there aren't enough kane doing that on the Mainland!

As for the "sweetie," she and I have been, *ahem*, "living in sin" (as some would put it) for a decade - we are functionally married (and WA isn't a common-law state), but have always struggled for appropriate terminogy.

BF & GF seem too "beginner-level" for our relationship, but we aren't legally husband & wife, either. Sometimes, I'll refer to her as my "innamorata" - but most of the time, "sweetie" is the term that comes out.

I've even reached the point where, if someone else refers to us by spousal terms, I don't bother correcting them, unless I know them well enough to bore them with a detailed correction. I guess that now includes all y'all here!

[admin]

Re: 'nadda ALOHA from Washington

FWIW - I have requested a name change from the Admin; don't know if it'll be approved, but I hope so - don't want to make waves (well, at least not YET...)

Was nice knowing you, "Akamai Okole." Poof! You're now "Leo Lakio." Glad to have you as part of the HawaiiThreads.com `ohana.

[Leo Lakio]

Re: 'nadda ALOHA from Washington

Thanks, "admin," for the change and to others for the suggestions to do so.

[Glen Miyashiro]

Re: 'nadda ALOHA from Washington

Was nice knowing you, "Akamai Okole." Poof! You're now "Leo Lakio." Glad to have you as part of the HawaiiThreads.com `ohana.

I know Leo is "voice", but what's "Lakio"?

[kimo55]

Re: 'nadda ALOHA from Washington

a degree, unit or ratio

see how they do it?
radio and ratio are both, lakio

[Leo Lakio]

Re: 'nadda ALOHA from Washington

I know Leo is "voice", but what's "Lakio"?

Radio.

I've been in radio since 1976, full-time (including national productions) until 1995, when I took a break to produce albums; my latest part-time radio gig has been playing Hawaiian music on a couple Seattle-area stations.

Thought it would be less likely to offend than the AO name.

[Leo Lakio]

Re: 'nadda ALOHA from Washington

see how they do it?
radio and ratio are both, lakio

Right you are - both based on modern adaptations of "loan" words - a common practice in many languages (Japanese is filled with lots of 'em, too.)

I knew about the "ratio" definition as well, but I went ahead with it for radio, based on the suggestion of a native speaker of Hawaiian `olelo.