On 7/8/2015 2:03 AM, dsi1 wrote:
> On 7/7/2015 9:48 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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>> "dsi1" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 7/7/2015 2:53 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>> On 7/7/2015 3:37 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>>>> dsi1 wrote:
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>>>>>>> My understanding is that people on the mainland
>>>>
>>>> dsi1, please ttop talking about the "mainland" as if Hawaii is not part
>>>> of the USA. It is. Maybe you should venture out.
>>>
>>> I've lived on the mainland and have seen how things are. I'm all too
>>> familiar with how it all goes down there. The reality is that Hawaii and
>>> the mainland are worlds apart.
>>
>> Oh look, someone else being told what they can call things. Is this
>> going to be the next Big Thing around here?
>>
>> It is not normal for an island to call a large land to which it is not
>> attached, 'The Mainland'? I am beginning to think some people will use
>> ANYTHING to bully others into doing things the way THEY like.
>> Ridiculous!! It really is getting out of hand. Maybe they should get a
>> taste of it.
>>
>
> You are correct - this is a pretty common thing that humans tend to do.
> Somebody that lives on the mainland probably wouldn't grasp the concept.
> We call the largest island in this chain of islands the "big island." We
> call the island we're on the "rock." That big land mass that's East of
> us the "mainland." It all seems so natural...


Makes perfect sense to me.