To: Fred Nerks; Fantasywriter
I lived in HI for many years and often heard people use the word “tutu” for grandmother. I never heard it shortened into “toot”.
97 posted on
02/27/2011 7:43:22 PM PST by
little jeremiah
(Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
Adding, after reading above - maybe it isn’t authentic Hawaiian, but people do use it. But - it’s more than odd that some people from the mainland, newly arrived, would use that word for grandmother. Contrived.
98 posted on
02/27/2011 7:59:14 PM PST by
little jeremiah
(Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
To: little jeremiah
Thanks, lj. There’s no substitute for firsthand information.
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