Re: correct pronounciation?
After having just completed my Hawaiian language midterm, these days I now know how to pronounce Hawaiian words.
Ae Ae (a hawaiian word, correctly spelled a'ea'e) is pronounced AH-EYA-EH, like a quick slurring of ah-eh ah-eh, although most of the time in Hawaiian its very hard to distinguish different sounds anyways.
'ele'ele (another hawaiian word meaning "black") is much how ive always thought of it as, which is pretty close to L-A-L-A (if you pronounce the english names of the letters). to be more percise and refined, its really like eh-ley eh-ley.
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Growing bananas in Colorado, Washington, Hawaii since 2004. Commercial banana farmer, 200+ varieties.
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