Cokie Roberts thinks we're all furriners here

[pzarquon]

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I briefly thought the same thing, though the "attempted takeover" was so goofy, it's hard to not want to keep it as a wholly separate farce.

However, I did think Cokie would've gotten a boost from the stories in the local media on Friday about how the "commemoration" (and not "celebration") of Statehood Day were to be "sensitive."

[buzz1941]

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Interesting piece from WashPost:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...082201679.html

[lavagal]

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Interesting piece from WashPost:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...082201679.html

This is a good story. Long, but good. Lots of Hawaii references, even about Barrack Obama's parents' time at UH, and how his dad hung out with Neil Abercrombie and other grad students. I know I couldn't get my GOPer mom to read it, but for those of you who want to read something with depth, this works.

[Random]

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Interesting piece from WashPost:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...082201679.html

Who would pronounce "haole" as "howl-lee"???

Is this where Cokie accuse us Exotics of mangling the English alphabets?

[tutusue]

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Interesting piece from WashPost:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...082201679.html

Fascinating. Thanks for the link.

Who would pronounce "haole" as "howl-lee"???[...]

A curiosity question...if you were asked to pronounce/spell "haole" phonetically for a predominately non-Hawaii readership, how would you pronounce/spell it? I probably would have omitted the first "l".

[Random]

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Fascinating. Thanks for the link.

A curiosity question...if you were asked to pronounce/spell "haole" phonetically for a predominately non-Hawaii readership, how would you pronounce/spell it? I probably would have omitted the first "l".

Probably "how-leh."

[tutusue]

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Probably "how-leh."

That makes sense! Still, I hear it pronounced "how-lee" much more than "how-leh". Doesn't make it right; just an observation!

[Random]

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That makes sense! Still, I hear it pronounced "how-lee" much more than "how-leh". Doesn't make it right; just an observation!

Thank goodness I had basic Hawaiian language in elementary school.

Lucky I live in Hawaii!

[buzz1941]

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Article tells you how to pronounce "haole" but not "pake." Wonder how many 48ers think it's pronounced like "bake."

BTW, Pake Zane is a prince among men.

[Walkoff Balk]

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Article tells you how to pronounce "haole" but not "pake." Wonder how many 48ers think it's pronounced like "bake."

When they're driving on Like Like Highway.

[Amati]

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When they're driving on Like Like Highway.

Or flying to High-low to go see the volcano.

[tutusue]

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Ha! My dad insisted that Kaimuki was Kai-MOO-key!

[Amati]

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My family cringes every time they hear "My-lay" Beach.
We all know it is My-Lee!

[LikaNui]

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A few years ago I heard some tourists talk about driving on kommie-hommie-ha highway.

[cyleet99]

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A few years ago I heard some tourists talk about driving on kommie-hommie-ha highway.

I'm outed!! I am sorry, I am sorry, I am very, very sorry.

I wasn't a "toureest," but I have to say I was guilty of that very thing; DH was kind enough to correct me before I showed my ignorance to the world.

You know, when you are learning about the state of Hawaii and living somewhere else, those things are not enunciated; I distinctly remember trying to say Lilioukalani out loud in high school. And that pronunciation of Kamehameha was definitely used!