Spelling Bee Dude said "ma-ook-a," and I was like, "huh?" until he said it meant "toward the mountains," at which point I was all, "oh, mauka." Then Spelling Bee Dude said it had no other pronunciations. And I'm all "What!?" Dad said it with two syllables. He even was a native-ish speaker, unlike Spelling Bee Dude. hmph.
Today's earrings: turtles, trees
Bedtime reading: Dragon's Claw, Peter O'Donnell
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Wow - we should write in and tell them!
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