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OFFICIAL name of the island?
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08-19-2013, 02:57 PM
When people ask me what island I live on I say "Hawaii". When they say, NO what ISLAND. I sigh and say the Big one. lol
Dayna www.E-Z-Caps.com
Dayna Robertson
At Home Hawaii Real Estate Sales and Property Management RS-85517 Dayna.JustListedInHawaii.com Dayna.Robertson@gmail.com 
08-19-2013, 05:09 PM
If the conversation is solely about the island of Hawaii, I use "Hawaii". But to give clarity to something I am referring to about the state of Hawaii and some reference has to go to BI, I say "the Big Island". I'm slightly irritated to use BI but it helps reduce confusion.
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08-19-2013, 05:40 PM
Check your tax forms. It's Hawaii. That confuses people who don't live in Hawaii, as I am sure you already know so it has been called the Big Island. But people on Oahu know they don't live on Hawaii, but that they live in Hawaii so if asked I would first determine what they called our island and then I might act horrified at whatever the response is.
If they called it "Hawaii", feign horror and tell them we all call it the Big Island. If they call it the Big Island, feign horror, act indignant and tell them we all call it Moku o Keawe. If they call it Moku o Keawe, look them deep in the eyes and say "That's beautiful. And so is your island."
08-19-2013, 05:57 PM
quote:Those names are still shown on the USGS topo maps. Ninemile Camp is the upper part of Keaau above the shopping center; 8 1/2 Mile Camp is down by the old mill, on the makai side of 130; and 9 1/2 Mile Camp is off the highway between Keaau and KS. The mile marks were originally measured along Kilauea Ave. from downtown Hilo so they're about 1.5 miles off from the current mile marks. 
08-19-2013, 06:04 PM
08-19-2013, 07:22 PM
So what do you call someone that lives here that's not ethnic hawaiian, and you know like Texan or New Yorker
08-19-2013, 07:31 PM
The way I've heard it, and I could be wrong, is... If you're Native Hawaiian, then you're Hawaiian. If you were born or raised here, then you're a local. If you moved here from the mainland (or somewhere else) you live in Hawaii.
08-19-2013, 07:36 PM
Someone who is unlikely to get "Humuhumunukunukuapua`a" correct in a spelling bee. But doubt that's limited to New York or Texas. In fact I know it isn't.
Tom http://apacificview.blogspot.com/
08-20-2013, 03:33 AM
a Big Islander! [
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