HONOLULU (KHON2) – In the ahupuaʻa of Waipiʻo, which lies in the moku of ʻEwa here on Oʻahu, stands a dead-end street whose name could mean “to surround,” refer to the beginning of a song, or ...

There is no surer way to detect non-natives than by their geographical mispronunciations. When you hear Medina enunciated as “ma-DEE-na”, Puyallup as “POO-a-loop” or Ballard as “ba-LARD”, you’ve ...

After watching a local newscast last night, I was reminded of an OPED I submitted a few years back. Last night’s story was about an incident in the northeast. The young female reporter said it was ...

If you have an unconventional name, you understand the struggle of explaining the correct pronunciation to everyone you interact with. Or you just give up and answer to anything that has the letters ...