On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 20:19:59 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
wrote:

>On Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at 5:18:34 PM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
>
>> There are few who can transition that. It;s not their fault no more
>> than you being not sure of mainland various cookery that you have not
>> really seen.
>
>No one is to blame for being ignorant about other cultures. My assumption was that oxtail soup is not that easy to find in restaurants on the mainland. Let's just say that it "depends" and leave it at that.

Is "it depends" Hawaiianese for "I was wrong, but I don't want to lose
face?"

> I was shocked to find that that you can't get fruit punch at McDonald's
> nor can cake noodle be found at Chinese restaurants on the mainland.

Did you have to sit down for a moment?