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!

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

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.

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

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!

TY

On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 4:17:53 PM UTC-6, 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!

Pake is a word used for the Chinese

rosie wrote:
> On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 4:17:53 PM UTC-6, 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!
>
> Pake is a word used for the Chinese
>

Um yes dear, we know that...do keep up...

On Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at 7:18:41 AM UTC-10, rosie wrote:
> On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 4:17:53 PM UTC-6, 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!
>
> Pake is a word used for the Chinese

As far as I know, "pake" is used only in Hawaii. If I say "Da pakes pretty smart guys!" it certainly does refer to the Chinese. "Those tight guys real pake!" pretty much means I'm not talking about Chinese people just cheap buggas.