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wcerto
Ahonui
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 Posted - 02/14/2008 : 1:14:07 PM
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You guys will remember how pleased I was to see in the last issue of Hawai`i Magazine that they had started to use the proper diacriticals for words in the Hawaiian language. Every day when something werid happens, I tell Paul that nothing will ever amaze me again, but once again here is something new that has amazed me. I am still shaking my head about this one. It is a letter to the editor in the March/April 2008 edition of the magazine.
The letter said the following: "I think by chopping up your words with the ` degrades your magazine. I see it on almost every page. I have one more year before my subscription expires, and I'm sure for this reason I will not renew. With all your correctness, I think it is absurd. Signed E. Ripka, Coopersville, MI"
I shall write a letter to the editor as well Dear E. Ripka I can think of another absurdity Try guess Sincerely Wanda J Certo PS see I did not put a period after my middle initial nor any other kind of punctuation so not to hurt your sensibilities
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Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
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hwnmusiclives
`Olu`olu
USA
580 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2008 : 1:38:02 PM
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Originally posted by wcerto
You guys will remember how pleased I was to see in the last issue of Hawai`i Magazine that they had started to use the proper diacriticals for words in the Hawaiian language. Every day when something werid happens, I tell Paul that nothing will ever amaze me again, but once again here is something new that has amazed me. I am still shaking my head about this one. It is a letter to the editor in the March/April 2008 edition of the magazine.
The letter said the following: "I think by chopping up your words with the ` degrades your magazine. I see it on almost every page. I have one more year before my subscription expires, and I'm sure for this reason I will not renew. With all your correctness, I think it is absurd. Signed E. Ripka, Coopersville, MI"
I shall write a letter to the editor as well Dear E. Ripka I can think of another absurdity Try guess Sincerely Wanda J Certo PS see I did not put a period after my middle initial nor any other kind of punctuation so not to hurt your sensibilities
I am surprised, too. But I am even more surprised at the magazine for printing that ridiculous letter and exposing this reader's ignorance. This is a case where a little education would have been kinder and more fitting than public humiliation.
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Retro
Ahonui
USA
2368 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2008 : 3:06:35 PM
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Originally posted by wcerto
Dear E. Ripka I can think of another absurdity Try guess Sincerely Wanda J Certo PS see I did not put a period after my middle initial nor any other kind of punctuation so not to hurt your sensibilities
Moe accuately, Wanda, you lette should ead moe like this post, as `okina is a consonant, athe than punctuation.
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rendesvous1840
Ha`aha`a
USA
1055 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2008 : 5:19:31 PM
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mebbejustdolikeeecommingsbutleaveoutspacestoo
cantuseuppercasecaousesombodymightthinkimyellingatthem
paul |
"A master banjo player isn't the person who can pick the most notes.It's the person who can touch the most hearts." Patrick Costello |
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rendesvous1840
Ha`aha`a
USA
1055 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2008 : 5:25:34 PM
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[somewhere i have never travelled]
somewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyond
any experience,your eyes have their silence:
in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me,
or which i cannot touch because they are too near
your slightest look easily will unclose me
though i have closed myself as fingers,
you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens
(touching skilfully,mysteriously) her first rose
or if your wish be to close me,i and
my life will shut very beautifully, suddenly,
as when the heart of this flower imagines
the snow carefully everywhere descending;
nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals
the power of your intense fragility: whose texture
compels me with the color of its countries,
rendering death and forever with each breathing
(i do not know what it is about you that closes
and opens; only something in me understands
the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses)
nobody,not even the rain, has such small hands
ee commings
Paul
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chunky monkey
Ha`aha`a
USA
1022 Posts |
Posted - 02/15/2008 : 10:38:33 AM
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| As I've mentioned, the "new" Hawaii magazine is a joke. There are many better reasons for not renewing the subscription. Save your money and pick up free stuff at the luggage kiosks in the airports. |
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alika207
Ha`aha`a
USA
1260 Posts |
Posted - 02/15/2008 : 12:22:14 PM
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| I like it! I found out a ton of info about Keali'i Reichel that I probably wouldn't have come across on any other websites. |
He kehau ho'oma'ema'e ke aloha.
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KäneKïHö`alu
Akahai
64 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2008 : 5:36:58 PM
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E mālama pono a e hoʻomaha ma ka maluhia o ke Akua,
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rendesvous1840
Ha`aha`a
USA
1055 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2008 : 1:44:35 PM
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Why? What did I say this time ?
Paul |
"A master banjo player isn't the person who can pick the most notes.It's the person who can touch the most hearts." Patrick Costello |
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hwnmusiclives
`Olu`olu
USA
580 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2008 : 6:28:25 PM
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Originally posted by rendesvous1840
Why? What did I say this time ?
Paul
Not you, Paul. I think he means R. Ripka of Coopersville, MI.
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KäneKïHö`alu
Akahai
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Posted - 03/06/2008 : 10:51:53 AM
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Originally posted by rendesvous1840
Why? What did I say this time ?
Paul
Sorry Paul if you thought that I was talking about you. I was talking about the person who wrote the letter! |
E mālama pono a e hoʻomaha ma ka maluhia o ke Akua,
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Admin
Pupule
USA
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Posted - 03/06/2008 : 11:07:40 AM
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Originally posted by Retro
Moe accuately, Wanda, you lette should ead moe like this post, as `okina is a consonant, athe than punctuation.
Funny because it is true. Difficult to understand how the use of the ʻokina "degrades" a publication.
My goodness, there is a Hawaiian word on nearly every page! I am shocked and disgusted. 
Well, the statement that you just can't please everyone remains true. |
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