> > If I hear "Aloha" one more time I am going to be ill.
> >
> > Same with people pronouncing "Hawaii" the Hawaiian way in the middle of an English sentence.
> >
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> I thought you might like it there, Eric.
> To me, the language is one of the most beautiful things about Hawaii. When I hear "aloha" and "mahalo," I get the warm fuzzies. The language is not difficult. Vowells are pronounced as in Spanish, and usually each vowell is different syllable. An exception is the au sound that comes out ow as in owl. Most good tourbooks have a section on the language.
> Hang loose, bruddah.
> Howard

Uh... The open-vowel Hawaiian language is pronounced with a Spanish accent?

Getting back to what Eric asked... How *does* one pronounce the Hawaiian name 'Hawaii' such that it would sound odd in English?

Wolf "muy inquisitivo" spirit