Hawai’ian Wordle: crossingthethreshold.net
@crossingthethreshold awesome find! I have the textbook from my introductory Hawaiian class (UH Manoa continuing ed course 1994), though it probably won’t help me much.
@crossingthethreshold oo, fascinating :) David, I love your blog’s latest design. May I ask what theme you’re using?
@jasraj I loved your Monday mini-adventure as well. It reminds me to be spontaneous and look for possibilities. I am using the Paper theme, a recent addition from @amit, which itself had an update in the last day or so.
@crossingthethreshold yep, I’m also trying to be mindful of looking for those ‘possibilities’ you speak of. Thank you for sharing, the theme looks great :)
@pratik While I admit to knowing next to nothing about the language, I do know that that is one thing that it is known for, vowels. That’s why it can be so beautiful to listen to spoken (or sung).
@crossingthethreshold I also love to hear it spoken and sung. We hope to visit Hawaii soon. But I remember a native Hawaiian stand-up comic once riffing on how the vowel-intense language can look to a visitor. Well, at least it’s not as formidable-looking as Welsh.
@pratik My father’s side of the family is from Wales and I lived there for almost 20 years, but like Hawaiian I only know a couple of words. But then in the south east of the country where I lived, Welsh was not widely spoken.
One thing that did change during my time living in Wales was the first increased prominence given to Welsh culture. For example road signs are first in Welsh with the English underneath. I’m not a linguist, but it is lovely to see.
@crossingthethreshold I watched Hinterland on Netflix few months ago. It’s based in Wales. Quite moody (and sad) but good.