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02-14-2007, 03:17 PM #1
lingo
Alright everyone please chime in. Being in Hawaii, we use lingo from about 6 or 7 languages, making a mess of the english language. So to mess it up even more, I'd like to get to know the regional slang that you use.
Also to our shave brothers in the UK, NZ, and AU. Please teach me some of the more colorful phrases you have. I need to replace some of the ones that I'm made habit in the boozing business...and hey...what does "Bob's your uncle" mean?
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02-14-2007, 03:19 PM #2
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Here's a start:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/showthread.php?t=10126
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02-14-2007, 03:30 PM #3
sweet, thanks
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02-14-2007, 08:50 PM #4
"Bob's your uncle" basically means you got something the easy waay.
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02-15-2007, 09:25 AM #5
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02-15-2007, 11:33 AM #6
Wow, the word has a history, who knew? Thanks Brendon.
-Fred
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02-14-2007, 10:44 PM #7
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02-15-2007, 09:24 AM #8
Haouli it means "white man out of breath." It has a semi-negative connotation, depending how you use it. I can be used jokingly however and can also be friendly... a flexible word indeed.
The word "haouli" came from the days that Capt. James Cook first landed in Hawaii. The Locals saw the white sails (a marking of Lono, a powerful god that takes human form at times) and thought that the men were gods. Afterall, who but a god could survive death (the white men looked like they had been dead...the natives had never seen white people before)