Comments on: I Am Just Going to Call Him “Cow Poo” for Short

By: vickydora

vickydora — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:06:33 +0000

Yes, we Hawaiians tend to have long names. There’s a tradition to recieving a Hawaiian name. (I wouldn’t advise googling it or looking it up on online at all. Call someone in the Hawaiian Studies department at the University of Hawai’i to learn more.) Some long, some short, but more often than not, your Hawaiian name will have a last effect on your personality and life. Is it silly that this child’s first name is Nakoa-Wolf (Wolf Warrior)? Maybe. But someone took some major time and effort in find exactly the right name for him. I hope that I have the same luck when I have kids. Besides, Manakauapo Namakaeha is a way cooler name than Stephen or Richard or Fidel. It’s personalized just for him. I’m proud of my Hawaiian name. It’s short, but it came from my grandmother. She’s gone, but I carry my name and culture with pride.

By: cookie monster

cookie monster — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:44:07 +0000

yes its cruel, a very cruel name. how can she hate her own kid?? i think the worst part is wolf, i mean.. haha

By: Just Saying

Just Saying — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:14:32 +0000

Whot?

By: pair a dimes

pair a dimes — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:41:24 +0000

huh??

By: me

me — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:18:49 +0000

Well, she’s not exactly a movie star. She was on the Cosby Show and they tried to give her a spin off (A Different World). Then she went all black hippie like Lenny Kravitz so they gave her the boot. So basically she’s a ex teen star.

By: Veronica

Veronica — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:03:31 +0000

Someone hold her down and shampoo that hair. It’s a science experiment.

By: Fartface McMuffin

Fartface McMuffin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:43:59 +0000

I did know about that, because when Lenny Kravitz had his own “VH1 – Behind The Music”, and they discussed her, would call her Lisa and then stop…roll his eyes… and say “Oh, I mean, Lilo Mooon, or whatever”

AAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: kawehi

kawehi — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:43:59 +0000

i’m more concerned that they named him wolf, there’s nothing wrong with a nice, albeit ridiculously long hawaiian name.

all of my cousins have names that long, i feel like i got jipped cuz mine is so short. but seriously, the only weird part of his name is “wolf.” you people can be as ignorant as you want…but that part will probably cause him more embarrassment then any of the hawaiian parts.

By: Malia

Malia — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:43:23 +0000

While you are entitled to your opinion, there would be nothing weird about this name in Hawaii — except maybe the hyphen between Nakoa and Wolf. The kid will not have a problem pronouncing the name. I’m sure he’ll be proud of his Hawaiian heritage. BTW Manakauapo would be pronounced Mana-Cow-Ah-Poe not “Cow-Poo.” *lol* I work at a preschool in Hawaii, and the kids have no prob pronouncing names, no matter how many vowels or glottal stops involved.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:36:45 +0000

huh???

By: pair a dimes

pair a dimes — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:19:51 +0000

he’s like ‘ow your hurting my eyes’ cute. it’s like ‘enuf already guy i GET IT. you peeled yourself off a poster. now go away.’

By: sio

sio — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:49:52 +0000

Ha ha, Hawai’ian names can get kind of ridiculous. I’m a little bit Hawai’ian, and it’s always amusing when my family gets birth announcements or Christmas cards from our cousins on Maui… the full names sometimes take up 2 lines!