"smithfarms pure kona" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 21:05:00 GMT, sf > wrote:
>
> >On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 01:06:48 GMT, smithfarms pure kona
> > wrote:
> >
> >How are these pronounced?
> >u = oo as in moo?
> >
> >> pau
> >pa-oo?
> >
> >> imu
> >im-oo?
> >
> >TIA
> >
> >
> >
> >Practice safe eating - always use condiments
>
>
> Kind of depends.
>
>
> pau is pronounced <pow>
> imu is pronounced <e-moo>
>
> Happy to help.
>
> aloha,
> Thunder
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Actually, I think pau (now pronounced POW) was actually pa'u, originally
which would make the pronounciation PAH oo. I could be wrong, but that's
what I've heard from Hawaiian linguists.

kili
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