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MiaKalish@LFP MiaKalish at LEARNINGFORPEOPLE.US
Fri Nov 19 01:41:43 UTC 2004


Thank you. I will fix that. :-) --> Glad you liked it. People here are very
excited that we are able to do things like this. So long people have been
talking about what it might look like, but no one seemed to know how to make
it happen. I hope it will get very much better, especially as more people
get involved and learn how.


. . . a very happy Mia. . . .
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keola Donaghy" <keola at LEOKI.UHH.HAWAII.EDU>
To: <ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: microsoft


> Aloha e Mia, very nice page. Kalena Silva and I work together here; he is
> director of our College. One little thing...
>
> We don't use "Hawai'ian" with the glottal in there. Hawaiian words cannot
> end with consonants so "Hawaiian" is an English word. Since English
> doesn't use a written glottal either the consensus is that it shouldn't be
> used in there. We consider it a "hypercorrection" - one that is frequently
> seen.
>
> Other than that - maka'i kau hana - good job ;-)
>
> Keola
>
> Indigenous Languages and Technology <ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU> writes:
> >It occurs to me to send you this link, because I did a learning object on
> >fonts, and it is based (loosely because I didn't have much time), on
> >Hawai'ian mele. http://learningforpeople.us/EDLT577%20Fonts/index.htm
> >
> >Here is the page where I talk specifically about mele.
> >http://learningforpeople.us/EDLT577%20Fonts/mele.htm
> >
> >I hope I got it right :-)
>
>
> ========================================================================
> Keola Donaghy
> Assistant Professor of Hawaiian Studies
> Ka Haka 'Ula O Ke'elikolani             keola at leoki.uhh.hawaii.edu
> University of Hawai'i at Hilo           http://www2.hawaii.edu/~donaghy/
> ========================================================================
>
>



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