[Ads-l] Gloss re: passive of verbal idiom: walk out on

[Mark Mandel]

I'm sure you're right, but this one has an article in Wikipedia (not
Wiktionary).

On May 1, 2017 1:41 AM, "Barretts Mail" <mail.barretts at gmail.com> wrote:

> It is one of many words in Hawai'i not in dictionaries. BB
>
> > On 30 Apr 2017, at 22:12, Mark Mandel <thnidu at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > Kama'aina (Hawaiian: kamaʻāina, lit "child of the land") is a word
> > describing Hawaiʻi residents born on Hawai'i regardless of their racial
> > background, as opposed to "kanaka" which means a person of native
> Hawaiian
> > ancestry.
> > (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kama%27aina)
> >
> > Hey, if I had to look it up I'm probably not the only one.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> > On Apr 20, 2017 2:05 PM, "Barretts Mail" wrote:
> >
> > Diamond’s Ice Bar and Grill is located in the north part of Kihei on Maui
> > and tends to cater to the Kamaʻāina and ex-pats from the mainland.
> >
> > They have a sign that says:
> >
> > 20% will be added to all tabs walked out on
> >
> > I’m pretty sure this sort of passive verbal idiom has been discussed here
> > before. I didn’t see anything in a quick search of the archives but
> either
> > way, it’s a data point.
>
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