The reason I named my blog Y’all Haoles, is because I was born in Texas and I moved to Hawaii. In Texas, we may not realize it, but we sometimes do participate in the stereotypes. I have realized that my “country accent” comes out at certain words and I sound like a cowboy. Also, Texans tend to say y’all a lot and we can sometimes think big or think that we are just plain awesome. Since I moved to Hawaii I’ve learned a few Hawaiian words like haole and some of the local cuisine names. A haole is a generic term used for white people, but usually referring to people from the mainland, the rest of America. I am about as haole as possible since I have hardly any tan, I have always lived on the mainland, and I knew almost nothing of Hawaiian language, culture, or behaviors.
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