HONOLULU (KHON2) – In the ahupuaʻa of Waipiʻo, which lies in the moku of ʻEwa here on Oʻahu, stands a dead-end street whose name could mean “to surround,” refer to the beginning of a song, or ...

Food has a funny way of travelling across borders faster than pronunciation does. We happily order sushi, sip lattes, spread ...

There is no surer way to detect non-natives than by their geographical mispronunciations. When you hear Medina enunciated as “ma-DEE-na”, Puyallup as “POO-a-loop” or Ballard as “ba-LARD”, you’ve ...

After watching a local newscast last night, I was reminded of an OPED I submitted a few years back. Last night’s story was about an incident in the northeast. The young female reporter said it was ...