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It’s a good thing I like Utah, because I’m stuck here for an extra day. The snow in Dallas means I get a few more hours on my work project and another half-day with my parents and siblings. If it weren’t for keeping me from my wife and kids, I’d say it was a pretty good deal. But I miss my girls.

When originally writing Bumpy Landings, I tried to strike a balance between authentic Hawaiian names and names the general public would find easy to pronounce.

One of the main characters is named Kehau. I’m finding out that her name isn’t quite as easy to figure out as I originally thought. So for those of you wondering, it’s pronounced “kay-HOW” or “keh-HOW”.  (It’s not “KEE-haw” as one southern belle originally thought.) The name is often short for Kehaulani, which means “Dew of Heaven.”

For those of you who’ve read Bumpy Landings, what other names need to go into a pronunciation guide?

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