dsi1 wrote:
> On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 6:05:02 PM UTC-10, cibola de oro wrote:
>> dsi1 wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 12:17:53 PM UTC-10, cibola de oro wrote:
>>>> Pronounced "pa-kay". This word is only commonly known in Hawaii. Person
>>>> who is frugal. Someone who will not make a purchase at an excessive
>>>> price. A person reluctant to spend money.
>>>> He no like buy, because it is not on sale, he so pake, yah? (Hawaiian
>>>> pidgin English)
>>>>
>>>> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pake
>>>>
>>>> I dig it, this is like island Yiddish!
>>>
>>> Mostly it means a cheap Chinese guy or someone that acts like one. It can also be used as a term of endearment.
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS2YLvGGtwY
>>>
>>
>> Oh wow, I am hearing early Harry Belafonte calypso all through that!
>>
>> Very cool.
>
> That guy singing started a business with my guitar teacher back in the 70's. Their dream was to build classical guitars and lutes and other old timey instruments using the local hardwoods - mango and koa. The place was a mecca for guitar builders during the 70's and a lot of luthiers got their start in that wonderful place.
>
> The real story starts in Germany. My teacher's teacher was an esteemed educator and composer and authority on renaissance musical instruments. It is there, I assume, that my teacher gained his appreciation of the lute and other early instruments. This was the foundation of the Guitar & Lute Workshop. I have read that my teacher was dismayed to find that what people really wanted was ukuleles and steel string guitars - not lutes and classical guitars. No matter, the workshop and my teacher's legacy was that they fostered the emergence of building ukuleles in small shops in Hawaii.
>
> And that's how a guy in Germany had a big influence on ukulele building in Hawaii. OTOH, what the heck does all this have to do with cooking? Well, here's a recording of my teacher's teacher's mandolin orchestra.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx5lZkpDxnc
>

Well THAT was an unexpected, delight - all of it!

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