Out here the local TV weather bromide, heard nearly every night, is the forecast “Windward and Mauka showers.” It just means that our tradewind and rainfall patterns will almost always include a little liquid sunshine over on the Eastern side of the island and in the upper elevations (“Mauka” means “to the mountains”).

Similarly, the one thing I hear every time I go to the dentist for a cleaning is “Floss back here.” His office people ought to put that on a tape loop and turn it on as every new patient walks in and sits in the chair.