Mira Mar Motor Inn & Restaurant/Ship Room, Oceanside, CA (hotel) - Locating Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sun, Mar 29, 2009 12:19 PM Thanks for the info. It would be interesting to find out the first time it was actually referred to as Polynesian. I am fascinated by the fact that people nowadays cannot imagine the absolute dearth of awareness and presence of the terms Polynesian and Tiki until the late 90s/2000s. Often it seems they always have been there. This is how it happens that all kind of Hawaiian stuff like hula nodders is called Tiki now, and any A-frames are often referred to as Polynesian. That's just going overboard a little, and dilutes the definition of the style.

Thanks for the info. It would be interesting to find out the first time it was actually referred to as Polynesian. I am fascinated by the fact that people nowadays cannot imagine the absolute dearth of awareness and presence of the terms Polynesian and Tiki until the late 90s/2000s. Often it seems they always have been there. This is how it happens that all kind of Hawaiian stuff like hula nodders is called Tiki now, and any A-frames are often referred to as Polynesian. That's just going overboard a little, and dilutes the definition of the style.

Post #443404 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Mar 29, 2009 12:19 PM