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Take Note Of East O‘ahu Signs
So much of our history is held in our place names, so it is important for us to assure those names are respected and utilized correctly.
The City & County of Honolulu is calling on lo- cal residents to participate in a crowd-sourced social media project called “Word on the Street.”
The Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts wants to highlight history, culture and language by putting a fo- cus on O‘ahu’s street signs, some of which are either spelled incorrectly or misuse the ʻokina and/or kahakō.
and catalog those that require updating.
The updated inventory will then be used in the creation of future signs and in commis- sioning of replacement signs.
Being that both ‘ōlelo Ha- wai‘i and English are official state languages, the project recognizes that it is vital that the city move toward Hawai- ian language parity with En- glish.
To join in the effort, in- dividuals can snap a photo of a street sign and upload it to the MOCA’s Instagram (@hnl_moca) and hashtag #WordOnTheStreet to share their findings.
“So much of our history is held in our place names, so it is important for us to assure those names are respected and utilized correctly,” states MOCA executive director Makanani Salā.
The MOCA is asking the public to take a look at the streets signs where they live, work and play to help identify
The city will be logging all submissions and creating a master inventory — with the help of culture and language experts — to update spellings of local streets.
For more information, comments or questions, email moca-info@honolu- lu.gov
The Mayor’s Office of Culture and the ARTS is requesting public support and kōkua in taking inventory of city street signs.
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