"Frogleg" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 13:48:53 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> > wrote:
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> >"kilikini" > wrote:
> >
> >> > > Ah yes, SPAM is the state meat, but I'm *not* Hawaiian. I'm one
> >> > > beer drinking, cheese eating haole originally from Wisconsin and
> >> > > proud of it.
>
> >You can call yourself a haole, but once a cheesehead, always a
> >cheesehead. Go, Vikes! "-)
>
> Haole means 'foreigner.' kilikini is saying she's not a native
> Hawaiian. Hey, kilikini, what's the word for native?

Hawaiian? <g> No, just kidding. The Hawaiian people called themselves
Kanaka Maole; Kanaka meaning people, Maole meaning with spirit. The
missionaries became Kama'aina, Kama = same and aina = land, meaning,
loosely, people of the same land. When more people came over, the
foreigners were called haole = without spirit, not from the land. The term
haole has grown over the years to mean only white people. It's usually
used in a derogatory way, as in f*ckin' haole! Excuse my language........

kilikini