Comments on Puzzle #16716: Mele Kalikimaka
By Tom King (sgusa)
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difficulty: 
solvability: line logic only
peek at solution solve puzzle
quality: difficulty: solvability: line logic only
Puzzle Description:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xE-XghNZ30
#1: Tom King (sgusa) on Dec 10, 2011 [SPOILER]
I live in Seattle, not Hawaii. However, I received a pointsettia the other day. It kind of got me dreaming...#2: Tom King (sgusa) on Dec 10, 2011
l should have placed th elink here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xE-XghNZ30#3: Kristen Vognild (Kristen) on Dec 10, 2011
Very peaceful. :)#4: Ailsa Hebert (bazette3) on Dec 11, 2011
nice!#5: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Dec 11, 2011
Very nice Tom.:)#6: Teresa K (fasstar) on Dec 11, 2011
Lovely wish, lovely image, great solve.#7: Kadou (Kadou) on Oct 28, 2012
Really good Tom!#8: Tom King (sgusa) on Oct 28, 2012
Too bad the video link is no longer available.
A Corona ad will do the same thing. Thanks :)#9: BlackCat (BlackCat) on Mar 16, 2018
A little wacky but very nice - serene.#10: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Mar 16, 2018 [SPOILER]
Mele Kalikimaka is the Hawaiian transliteration of Merry Christmas.#11: Teresa K (fasstar) on Mar 20, 2018
Like most east Asian languages, it doesn't differentiate between the 'l' and 'r' sounds. It also has some other shortages. The 't' and 'd' sounds are stuck into the 'k'. And so, weirdly, is the 's'. Another thing is that it is based on syllables (like Japanese) so every consonant must be followed by a vowel.
Thus Me-le = Me-rry and Ka-li-ki-ma-ka = Ch-ri-st-ma-s
Thanks for the info tidbit, Joe. I love learning new things here. :0)#12: BlackCat (BlackCat) on May 9, 2020
Very clever image.
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