I have heard it three ways, the Kay-eek-key? Now where is Tracey she will
know
for sure?
Cheers Wendy
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I've always heard Keykey. Maybe in Hawaiian dialect it's the other way?

Diana


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Good advice up to here, Sue, but you pronounce it "KAY-key".
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"Susan Erickson" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Have fun with your growing pair. Oh, Keiki is pronounced as
KEY-key.

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Well, to be honest, the Hawaiians would probably pronounce it Kay-EE-key.
The clue is, in Hawaiian all letters are pronounced, vowels are A - ah, E -
ay, I - ee, O - oh, U - oo. the consonants are H, K, L, M, N, P, and W.
That makes only 12 letters! Think of Hawaii, aloha, Maui, lei, haole, luau,
wahine, etc. (the last word is logically not meant to be Hawaiian!) But
we'll let the expert have the last word. Tracey, where are you??
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"Wendy" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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I have heard it three ways, the Kay-eek-key? Now where is Tracey she will
know
for sure?
Cheers Wendy
"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
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I've always heard Keykey. Maybe in Hawaiian dialect it's the other way?

Diana


"Reka" wrote in message
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Good advice up to here, Sue, but you pronounce it "KAY-key".



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Reka, you just made my head hurt! Just kidding.......interesting stuff.
Always something new to learn.

Diana

But we'll let the expert have the last word. Tracey,
where are you??

Oh, my! I'm an *expert*. Hehe

Okay, Reka's got it down pretty good. The only thing to
add is that the 'pronounce every letter' is very 'old'
Hawaiian. Current usage allows a little bit of glossing
over of some letters, especially when it's words that
are used a lot. So, a Hawaiian from 100 years ago
*might* have pronounced the word 'kay-ee-key', common
usage nowadays is 'kay-key'.

Anyone want to work out how you would pronounce the
town name Aiea?

Tracey

But we'll let the expert have the last word. Tracey,
where are you??

Oh, my! I'm an *expert*. Hehe

Okay, Reka's got it down pretty good. The only thing to
add is that the 'pronounce every letter' is very 'old'
Hawaiian. Current usage allows a little bit of glossing
over of some letters, especially when it's words that
are used a lot. So, a Hawaiian from 100 years ago
*might* have pronounced the word 'kay-ee-key', common
usage nowadays is 'kay-key'.

Anyone want to work out how you would pronounce the
town name Aiea?

Tracey

Ah-ee-ay-ah (the unglossed version)? Reminds me of part of an old song:-
Oo ee oo ah ah, walla walla bing bang......?
Cheers Wendy
"Tracey" wrote in message
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But we'll let the expert have the last word. Tracey,
where are you??

Oh, my! I'm an *expert*. Hehe

Okay, Reka's got it down pretty good. The only thing to
add is that the 'pronounce every letter' is very 'old'
Hawaiian. Current usage allows a little bit of glossing
over of some letters, especially when it's words that
are used a lot. So, a Hawaiian from 100 years ago
*might* have pronounced the word 'kay-ee-key', common
usage nowadays is 'kay-key'.

Anyone want to work out how you would pronounce the
town name Aiea?

Tracey

Ah-ee-ay-ah (the unglossed version)? Reminds me of part of an old song:-
Oo ee oo ah ah, walla walla bing bang......?
Cheers Wendy
"Tracey" wrote in message
...
But we'll let the expert have the last word. Tracey,
where are you??

Oh, my! I'm an *expert*. Hehe

Okay, Reka's got it down pretty good. The only thing to
add is that the 'pronounce every letter' is very 'old'
Hawaiian. Current usage allows a little bit of glossing
over of some letters, especially when it's words that
are used a lot. So, a Hawaiian from 100 years ago
*might* have pronounced the word 'kay-ee-key', common
usage nowadays is 'kay-key'.

Anyone want to work out how you would pronounce the
town name Aiea?

Tracey