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Birchl - My wife is Hawaiian - I am Local .
You said "Hawaiian Time " .
Island time perhaps better.
We denote via UT as time is time.
Time in the northern hemisphere is different than sub tropics or even tropics .
By saying "Hawaiian Time " it is an ethnic slur or put down,"Hawaii Time " is a place and not limited to the endemic peoples of place.
Being from British Isles as you are - you can sus it out .
Now you know.
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yeah we all show up early so we can eat early... Then leave early... Since leaving early we got first picks of bringing home all the leftovers... It's the hawaiian way and they really look at your funny if they have to go have empty handed.
You'll get use to it. But good thing you don't have to eat the leftovers. Tho, I suppose if you cooked up some really bad tasting food then maybe they might leave without a togo plate.
Plus if you go to a party and they offer you a togo plate and you refuse it they really get offended so always say yes...
I always arrive about a half hour late ... that way no one is rushing trying to get this or that done.
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Of course Mimosa flipped the conversation to something negative from a truly innocent inquiry, not surprised.
The original poster did not say "Samoan time" or "Pacific Islander time" so get off the ethnic horse please. If I said "California time" it would not be racist would it? Exactly
You are as close to scientists as our planet is to the center of our galaxy so it would be best to keep things simple and use Hawaii time because you are in fact in Hawaii which is a territory and sole property of the United States of America.
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not to be pissy, but surely 'hawaii time' refers to however many hours its is removed from GMT? 'island time' on the other hand is an observation on a more relaxed lifestyle.? the fact that 'Hawaii time' is actually so far removed from any other kind of time/space continuum contributes greatly to the disassociation one feels. this combination then unites with the equatorial theory, and additionally the ones regarding pace of life in rural area as well as the whole Caribbean relaxation thing to produce a definitive style unique to Hawaii? there! i dare someone to take offense
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not to be pissy,
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I've used the term "Hawaii time" to mean "slower pace". I'm sure I've also slipped and said "Hawaiian time" once or twice in my life. In all cases my intentions were noble. But it doesn't matter.
These kinds of invisible culture gaps can wreak havoc on communication when two cultures collide, even with the best of intentions all around. (Too often such misunderstandings are misdiagnosed as "political correctness run amok.")
Cross-cultural expert Edward T. Hall sums up the cross-cultural communication process as such:
“The essence of cross-cultural communication has more to do with releasing responses than with sending messages. It is more important to release the right response than to send the right message.”
If I accept Hall's definition, then no matter what my good intentions were, if the listener is offended then I obviously didn't get my desired result, which means I didn't effectively communicate my message.
As someone who deals with a lot of different cultures, apologizing for unintended slights isn't a big deal. In my book it's much better to show respect and get along, than to take a defensive position. I'm happy to be "wrong" if I learn a new perspective and cultivate some empathy.
In short, I really had no idea "Hawaiian Time" was offensive, but glad that I know now. So my apologies to anyone I've offended past or present, and a big mahalo to Mimosa for setting me straight!
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of course i apologize to mimosa if i have in fact offended him, my point is that even if i have, with all resect and humility, does that mean that i am being disrespectful to ALL hawaiians in some way? or is it that mimosa is being 'easily offended'? As i was looking for explanations as to why people might be EARLY it seems odd that i am incurring disapproval for using a phrase that has unbeknown to me taken on the meaning of 'late'. additionally irrespective of how a phrase is generally used, surely one should keep actual context in consideration, not the general use. Although i appreciate that can sometimes be difficult with regards to the written word, i would not have thought my initial statement was that controversial.
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