It's Kaua'i not Kaui.....
Aug 30th, 2004, 07:06 AM
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It's Kaua'i not Kaui.....
I hate to be picky, but I guess misspellings have always bugged me. The spelling also affects the pronunciation of the garden island's name: It's Koh-AH-ee, not Cow-ee, or Kaw-eye.
Just a helpful hint or friendly reminder....
Mahalo,
Kealii
Just a helpful hint or friendly reminder....
Mahalo,
Kealii
Aug 30th, 2004, 08:04 AM
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Aloha kealii,
Mahalo for the clarification, anyway you say it, pronouncing Kaua'i brings a smile to my face
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Seems the "3
-eye" pronunciation may still remain nearby on Niihau, according to this article: starbulletin.com/2003/11/03/news/kokualine.html
Mahalo for the clarification, anyway you say it, pronouncing Kaua'i brings a smile to my face
. Seems the "3
-eye" pronunciation may still remain nearby on Niihau, according to this article: starbulletin.com/2003/11/03/news/kokualine.html
Aug 30th, 2004, 09:39 AM
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One should break up the syllables of the Hawaiian words to get the most proper pronunciation. Hitting the proper accented syllable is also considered good form.
Kealii is correct, HOWEVER, I would point out that most of us locals don't do that. In fact when we hear someone with such perfect Hawaiian pronunciation, we know they're eith someone who takes the language very seriously, or tourists!! hehe.....
In the example of this post, most of us do pronounce Kauai, COW-EYE. Accent on the EYE. Not gramatically correct yes, and I guess we're just lazy that way, but just letting the mainlanders know the "scoops" so to speak......
However you pronounce it though, it's a great island to visit.
Kealii is correct, HOWEVER, I would point out that most of us locals don't do that. In fact when we hear someone with such perfect Hawaiian pronunciation, we know they're eith someone who takes the language very seriously, or tourists!! hehe.....
In the example of this post, most of us do pronounce Kauai, COW-EYE. Accent on the EYE. Not gramatically correct yes, and I guess we're just lazy that way, but just letting the mainlanders know the "scoops" so to speak......
However you pronounce it though, it's a great island to visit.
Aug 30th, 2004, 12:48 PM
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There's a very good Hawaiian language tutorial site, with assorted word categories:
http://www.geocities.com/~olelo/hltableofcontents.html
This page on "common mispronunciations" is excellent:
http://www.geocities.com/~olelo/wl-m...nciations.html
Scroll down that list to see how to pronounce Kaua`i correctly.
http://www.geocities.com/~olelo/hltableofcontents.html
This page on "common mispronunciations" is excellent:
http://www.geocities.com/~olelo/wl-m...nciations.html
Scroll down that list to see how to pronounce Kaua`i correctly.
Aug 30th, 2004, 03:39 PM
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auntiemaria,
How do you get the accent thingy on Kaua'i to go in that direction. Is there another way to do it other than using the apostrophe? Call me a
, but I go 
when I see it spelled Kaui.
-Bill
How do you get the accent thingy on Kaua'i to go in that direction. Is there another way to do it other than using the apostrophe? Call me a
, but I go when I see it spelled Kaui.-Bill
Aug 30th, 2004, 04:03 PM
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Damn, last week I felt voted off the island for a simple typo of a place I have visited many times....now it's groundhog day........you are picky and should get over it since people like me who know the island well, will most likely not get over typos. I will try, but I can't make any promises. However, I do know how to say the island, if and when I fail to type it. Now is it KEE LEE or KAY LEE or KEA LI, or KEE LAH EE??? Cureous.
Aug 30th, 2004, 05:59 PM
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I think peole should be respectful of the Hawaiian language -it should not be made a fun object. If there is a correct pronunciation of a word or place, we should take the time to learn it. We take the time to research restaurants and hotels, but not the People's language. Hawaii is a most wonderful, beautiful place to visit. We love and respect it.
Aug 30th, 2004, 06:23 PM
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I know the feeling of cringing when someone mispronounces the name of a location...many years ago I worked as a 411 operator in Southern California..out of state calls came in all of time for "La Jawla", "Placenta" and many other Spanish names that the unfamiliar slaughtered. As long as I knew what the heck they meant and they were nice I didn't mind!
You say potato, I say patattah, you say tomato, I say creole tomata.... 
