How to pronounce Hawaiian names and words.

October 4th, 2005

It’s easier than you think.

First - Slow down….
There is a famous bumper sticker in the Islands which reads:
“Slow down - This ain’t the Mainland”.
That advice also applies in pronunciation of Hawai’ian words. ;)
Those big long words that are full of vowels and k’s and h’s can be quite intimidating at first, but the trick Read the rest of this entry »