Why is the tiki life important to you? - General Tiki

R RevBambooBen Tiki Socialite Huntikington Beach Joined: Nov 12, 2002 Posts: 7942	R RevBambooBen Posted posted on Thu, Sep 9, 2004 11:23 PM On 2004-09-09 23:08, smogbreather wrote: On 2004-09-09 15:15, Tiki_Bong wrote: I hate to burst your Tiki/Hawaiian love connection bubble, but 'tiki' does not exist in Hawaii; tiki is not a Hawaiian word as the Hawaiian alphabet has no 't'in it. (now, where's my drink...) Then how can we have such words as... Tourist? or Tai (as in Mai Tai) or Airport (why they'd crash if they flew into an airpor... wouldn't they!?!) or the perverbial... Cocktail (I myself would never like a cockail in Hawaii!!) Aloha Bongz!! Holden Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!

On 2004-09-09 23:08, smogbreather wrote:

On 2004-09-09 15:15, Tiki_Bong wrote:
I hate to burst your Tiki/Hawaiian love connection bubble, but 'tiki' does not exist in Hawaii; tiki is not a Hawaiian word as the Hawaiian alphabet has no 't'in it.

(now, where's my drink...)
Then how can we have such words as...

Tourist? or Tai (as in Mai Tai) or Airport (why they'd crash if they flew into an airpor... wouldn't they!?!) or the perverbial...
Cocktail (I myself would never like a cockail in Hawaii!!)
Aloha Bongz!!
Holden

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!

Post #113507 by RevBambooBen on Thu, Sep 9, 2004 11:23 PM