Man of Zeal's New Writeups

ho'ale (idea)

2001-05-07T10:35:47Z

I don't doubt that this is probably the correct spelling of the word. However, anyone who has not lived in Hawaii for a while, or has seen the movie North Shore, might be misled by the spelling. I grew up in Hawaii and still had to sound out that-guy's spelling to convince myself. For those of you who have not already followed a softlink out of boredom, and have been able to hold onto whatever interest I was able to incite with this writeup, you can spell it phonetically as haole-remember that all vowels are short.

Also, regarding that-guys writeup: Haole is definitely used as an insult, but it is generally aimed at caucasians in the islands.

Justice and piety have vanished (idea)

2001-04-27T08:13:32Z

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When the great Tao is forgotten,
goodness and piety appear.
When the body's intelligence declines,
cleverness and knowledge step forth.
When there is no peace in the family,
filial piety begins.
When the country falls into chaos,
patriotism is born.

Hawai'i (idea)

2000-10-08T19:55:08Z

The CORRECT spelling for Hawai'i. Not that I take offense to the sans-apostrophe version, I don't include it when I write either. I think it does make people pronounce the name of the state by ignoring the short and almost undistinguishable pause between the last two vowels. It's sounded Hawa- *break* -e (all vowels are short, a as in gaurdian, e as in eat) NOT Hawiee. The added pause overlaps the last a, and should not add to the time it takes to say the word. Both spellings should take up the same amount of time to pronounce.

WikiWiki (idea)

2000-08-30T04:14:57Z

this word means "quick" in hawaiian. If you ever travel to honolulu, you can take the wikiwiki bus from the gates to the baggage claim. when in town, you can eat at the wikiwiki drive-in. if you are in waikiki, there are lots of prostitutes who would not mind having a wikiwiki for a couple of bucks.