You misspelled makaʻāinana (ʻokina not ` backtick, and you missed a kahakō)
You're welcome.
-- Charles (haole not makaʻāinana)
On Mon, 2 May 2016 at 23:22 Dave Long wrote:
> > http://theappendix.net/issues/2014/4/the-history-of-mana-how-an-
> > austronesian-concept-became-a-video-game-mechanic
>
> Nice. I must admit my knowledge is also based more on Michener (and
> travel) than much research, but...
>
> Mana: we can't point to it, or measure it, or count it[0], but
> believe us, if you have it, you'll succeed, and if you fail,
> obviously you either never had it or failed to use it properly[1]...
>
> -Dave
>
> [0] unless, that is, we're charging you per seat ...
> [1] what? didn't you remember to sacrifice a maka`ainana under the
> corner office?
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