Re: Trout

On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 18:41:32 +0000, dsi100@yahoo.com (dsi1) wrote:

On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 17:39:23 +0000, Bruce wrote:
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I find that strange too. After all those years of being completely
obsessed with everything Hawaiian, he still doesn't speak the
language.

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You sound like an arrogant fool. In 1897, shortly after the overthrow of
the Kingdom of Hawaii, the use of the Hawaiian language was banned from
being spoken in our schools. It was in 1986 that the ban was lifted,
which allowed Hawaiian to be taught in schools. That's the reason that
no one of my generation can speak olelo Hawaii - even native Hawaiians.
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These days, it is the young folks that speak that language. Two of my
granddaughters go to a Hawaiian Immersion School. It's a strange
situation because Hawaiian is the official state language. When I was
going to school, I wasn't interested in learning any language but I took
Spanish. I didn't even know that the teaching of Hawaiian was illegal.
Of course, I wasn't aware of the overthrow of the Kingdom either. That
history was also suppressed.
>
Back then, the people of Hawaii were happier because we didn't know the
truth. Now we have taken a bite of the apple and we can't ever go back.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka ʻōlelo hope.

So you couldn't start learning Hawaiian before 1986? And 39 years
isn't enough? You let your granddaughters do it for you and then take
credit? You're all talk, English talk.

--
Bruce
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