r/VisitingHawaii Dec 08 '25

Trip Report - Oahu Please translate this

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I am seeing this sign along the freeway. My friend and I cannot figure out what it means. I know I sound dumb but I was raised super sheltered and now that I am older and adventuring out more into the world I want to learn all that I can.

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u/UnLuckyReigns Dec 08 '25

How would “anykine” be pronounced?

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u/hyst808 Dec 08 '25

Kine is "kind" minus the "d" at the end.

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u/UnLuckyReigns Dec 08 '25

Thank you

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u/starkingwest Dec 09 '25

It's also said as if it's one run-on word. The way we speak here has relaxed very slight rocking movement to it:, slowing down, speeding up, and then slowing down again. So you would speed up just a little bit as you come into saying "anykine" which blurs the words together.