08-12-2006, 06:03 PM
That's too funny Les ROFLOL. That reminds me the Hawaiian language makes frequent use of
metaphor (I wasn't thinking of that particular term, no LOL, but it reminded me how I was introduced to the metaphor. I asked my ninth graders if any of them go to Waipio Valley. Oh my gaaawd. Most of them just bust up laughing and being a new and quite naive young teacher, I didn't exactly catch on right away. Mary Pukui writes in her book Hawaiian Proverbs about the richness of the language and what is called the kaona, the underlying meaning. There's all these fun sayings too in the book that Hawaiians used for subtlety. For example if a bald man walked by the polite and clever thing to say would be something like, the moon shines bright tonight. If a group of cute wahini walked by, it'd be something like the flowers are blooming so abundantly today. Well, I'm way off the cave topic. Well maybe not. Cave and Waipio Valley probably have similar meanings lol. And all the mele about nature? Lots going on underneath the surface ;-)
G'night
Cindy
metaphor (I wasn't thinking of that particular term, no LOL, but it reminded me how I was introduced to the metaphor. I asked my ninth graders if any of them go to Waipio Valley. Oh my gaaawd. Most of them just bust up laughing and being a new and quite naive young teacher, I didn't exactly catch on right away. Mary Pukui writes in her book Hawaiian Proverbs about the richness of the language and what is called the kaona, the underlying meaning. There's all these fun sayings too in the book that Hawaiians used for subtlety. For example if a bald man walked by the polite and clever thing to say would be something like, the moon shines bright tonight. If a group of cute wahini walked by, it'd be something like the flowers are blooming so abundantly today. Well, I'm way off the cave topic. Well maybe not. Cave and Waipio Valley probably have similar meanings lol. And all the mele about nature? Lots going on underneath the surface ;-)
G'night
Cindy