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Formikahini
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Joined: Aug 22, 2002
Posts: 1491
From: Houston, Texotica
|  Posted: 2006-04-19 2:00 pm Permalink
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| On 2006-04-19 12:37, Humuhumu wrote:
I wasn't aiming for Hawaiian accuracy, I was aiming for Polynesian Pop sensibility. |
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Unlike me, who chose the EXACT word in Hawaiian for my stage name "Formica" for my TC handle.
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cynfulcynner
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From: Ocean Beach, San Francisco
| Posted: 2006-04-19 9:45 pm Permalink
Does this mean it will now be illegal to catch this fish? They are a popular aquarium species.
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lanikai
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Joined: May 15, 2004
Posts: 490
From: Hawaii
| Posted: 2006-04-20 02:05 am Permalink
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On 2006-04-19 14:00, Formikahini wrote:
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| On 2006-04-19 12:37, Humuhumu wrote:
I wasn't aiming for Hawaiian accuracy, I was aiming for Polynesian Pop sensibility. |
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Unlike me, who chose the EXACT word in Hawaiian for my stage name "Formica" for my TC handle.
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Oooh, no, miss formicadinette. I know whatcher doin here... won't fall for it. I know what hini means.
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Formikahini
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Joined: Aug 22, 2002
Posts: 1491
From: Houston, Texotica
| Posted: 2006-04-20 07:31 am Permalink
Hahaha! 
Lahikai, *I* don't even know what "hini" means!
And it's not pronounced "hiney" (like shiny) as in your 'okole (bum).
It's like the -kini in "bikini."
Had I known more Hawaiian when I came up with the name (actually for a Don Ho cover band in 2000-ish), I might have spelled it Formikahine, as in wahine. But the -hini like bikini is more sonorous to me.
But some of you, I have been told, pronounce it like a hiney, and that's ok.
As long as you're a cute kane.
[ This Message was edited by: Formikahini 2006-04-20 11:32 ]
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