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  • craigwatanabe
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    S N U G G I E


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  • surlygirly
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    If I hear the word "Snuggie" one more time...

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  • craigwatanabe
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    How about Cheeeeehoooooo!!!!!

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  • Creative-1
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    Interesting phrases get repeated and quickly become cliches.

    Some on my least favorite list:

    Get out of Dodge

    It's all good

    Low hanging fruit.

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  • surlygirly
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    "Free shipping" hardly ever happens here either. You have to read the fine print so carefully, but there's usually a "processing fee" that I truly believe is there just so they can say it's free shipping. Why do you need to charge to process? Bam, it's done!

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  • Amati
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    I hate the phrase "free shipping", because I know that most likely it will not apply to shipping to Hawaii.

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  • Leo Lakio
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    Originally posted by craigwatanabe View Post
    So LL what was your question? Nah!!! Joke. I haven't seen any remarkable movement to call the Big Island the island of Hawai'i.
    Thanks, cw. The AFK's father hails from Kona area, and I have a number of friends around Kohala, many of whom describe a similar affinity for the `aina. I have yet to visit that island. It'll happen someday.

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  • craigwatanabe
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    Originally posted by Leo Lakio View Post
    I know "Big Island" has long been the common reference, but I've heard (mostly from musicians who live there) that there's been a strong movement to get people to call it "Hawai`i Island," despite the confusion that it can cause (mostly to people not residing in the Islands). Craig, as someone who has been a resident of that particular rock, did you ever pick up on that movement, or get any sense of whether many residents there have noticed such a concept?
    absolutely not. Heck there are t-shirts that say FBI (From Big Island). From a historical point however as we become culturally sensitive to all things Hawaii, it is common sense to address this island as Hawai'i, however I haven't seen or felt any movement to address this island that way.

    There is a strong connection to this island however. I see lots of totally local bruddahs sporting tatoos that display the island of Hawaii. I see vinyl decals on cars that show the Big Island's shape. Like the term, "Maui Built", those from the island of Hawaii share a strong connection to the island for which they call home.

    Like Avatar, I too have disconnected myself with Oahu and have found my connection to this land. There is just something more spiritually fathomable here on the Big Island that in all my years living on Oahu I could never find. The people, the land, the shores, the Aina. It's all connected here on the Big Island.

    44-years I've lived on Oahu (born and raised). I feel the dirt with my hands and can tell if the soil is fertile. The Earth talks to me. I haven't had a decent conversation with Oahu as much as the philosophical words of wisdom the Big Island has taught me. I go into the waters surrounding the Big Island and it cradles me. I tell my boys to respect this land and the surrounding waters and it will nourish you. But you have to be connected to it. Arrogance will flush you out to the depths of the ocean and over the cliffs of the land.

    I used to be like that when I first moved over from Honolulu. I've learned to respect the Aina, and it will respect you.

    So LL what was your question? Nah!!! Joke. I haven't seen any remarkable movement to call the Big Island the island of Hawai'i.

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  • Leo Lakio
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    Originally posted by Leo Lakio View Post
    So, do you say "Big Island," "Hawai`i Island," or "Moku O Keawe"?
    Originally posted by helen View Post
    It's usally referred as the Big Island.
    Originally posted by mel View Post
    I like "Big Island".
    Originally posted by craigwatanabe View Post
    ... when I first moved over to the Big Island.
    I know "Big Island" has long been the common reference, but I've heard (mostly from musicians who live there) that there's been a strong movement to get people to call it "Hawai`i Island," despite the confusion that it can cause (mostly to people not residing in the Islands). Craig, as someone who has been a resident of that particular rock, did you ever pick up on that movement, or get any sense of whether many residents there have noticed such a concept?

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  • craigwatanabe
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    Originally posted by anapuni808 View Post
    Craig - your earlier comment implied/inferred that every one on the island of Oahu does not respect the people on other islands. thats what i objected to.
    Okay, "Some to Most" from Oahu refer it that way then. I stand corrected

    Having lived on both islands and being in sales, I saw a lot of "Attitude" from quite a few mainlanders and those from Honolulu. It starts with a friendly greeting, "Good afternoon welcome to Home Depot, what kind of project are you working on?" The remark, "I'm from Honolulu..." I don't know whether to apologize or get down on my knees and worship them.

    Or from those from the mainland, "On the mainland we do it this way..." sometimes same response from those from Honolulu after they remark where they're from. I'm thinking, "This is the Big Island we do it this way" But then I don't want to get fired, so I respond, "yes we also do it that way here in Hawaii...you know building codes and such..."

    Heck even I used to say that when I first moved over to the Big Island. Sometimes people just don't realize that there is intelligence and some sense of organization anywhere you go, even to foreign countries. I think this is why other countries look at us Americans as arrogant westerners. We think we know better. We may...however that doesn't give us the right to belittle others...except the French DOH!!!! Joking!!!! Hey I've been in France and have been mocked simply for being an American so this was my one and only dig

    To me this is the very reason why SuperFerry failed. Not because of the lack of an EIS (someone had to latch onto something legal to fight with). If the inaugural launch came from Maui or Kauai, I'll bet the SF would have been better received. But it came from Honolulu and with it the message that the arrogance that the Kauai, Maui and the Big Island were getting fed up with was coming in on a big boat.

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  • mel
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    I like "Big Island".

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  • anapuni808
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    Craig - your earlier comment implied/inferred that every one on the island of Oahu does not respect the people on other islands. thats what i objected to.

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  • helen
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    It's usally referred as the Big Island.

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  • Leo Lakio
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    So, do you say "Big Island," "Hawai`i Island," or "Moku O Keawe"?

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  • craigwatanabe
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    I used to train UH Journalism majors when they interned at KGU. I also pounded it in their heads not to use "Outer Islands" but to say each island individually. It's out of respect for those not living on Oahu.

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