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Post #227647 by Formikahini on Thu, Apr 20, 2006 7:31 AM

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Hahaha! :lol:
Lahikai, I don't even know what "hini" means!

And it's not pronounced "hiney" (like shiny) as in your 'okole (bum).
It's like the -kini in "bikini."
Had I known more Hawaiian when I came up with the name (actually for a Don Ho cover band in 2000-ish), I might have spelled it Formikahine, as in wahine. But the -hini like bikini is more sonorous to me.

But some of you, I have been told, pronounce it like a hiney, and that's ok.
As long as you're a cute kane. :wink:

[ Edited by: Formikahini 2006-04-20 11:32 ]