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I am a Hawaiian outrigger canoe racing enthusiast. From personalobservations within the sport, although most customs surrounding theoutrigger are observed, very few paddlers (if any) could tell me wheresome of the customs originated. How to pronounce certain words. Ormuch else about the outrigger other than it came from Polynesia. One ofmy first messages to an email discussion group for paddlers talked aboutthe proper pronunciation of "'iako" ([eee-ahh-koh] NOT [eee-ahh-koo]which changes the meaning from "outrigger boom" to "a school of fish"!).