Wed May 30, 2007 10:19 am
Welcome to PPT, Kea! I hope you make friends here, because everyone deserves friends 
. We don't get many Hawaiians around here, so that is nice to see. Have fun, and don't get bitten.
. We don't get many Hawaiians around here, so that is nice to see. Have fun, and don't get bitten.
Wed May 30, 2007 7:41 pm
*nods* yes, I like this forum...it kind of reminds me of Gaia three and half years ago when I joined. Has enough members to be active, but still few enough that it feels like community and you can explore many different forums without missing too much. And it does seem like I'm making quite a few friends, so that's nice ^^
Paul: This isn't a criticism at all, but as a note, we try to avoid calling people from Hawaii "Hawaiians" in general, since a lot of people of native Hawaiian decent feel it's kind of misleading/offensive/whatever. I don't really care since I'm actually a little bit Hawaiian, but just in case you get your head chewed off by some activist, just thought you'd like to know. It's a very common mistake because that's how they do it on the mainland (eg. "Californian") but it's kind of weird here >.<;
Thank you for the kind welcome, though!
Paul: This isn't a criticism at all, but as a note, we try to avoid calling people from Hawaii "Hawaiians" in general, since a lot of people of native Hawaiian decent feel it's kind of misleading/offensive/whatever. I don't really care since I'm actually a little bit Hawaiian, but just in case you get your head chewed off by some activist, just thought you'd like to know. It's a very common mistake because that's how they do it on the mainland (eg. "Californian") but it's kind of weird here >.<;
Thank you for the kind welcome, though!