hey, girlfriend,

first, let me say that i have learned a lot, living here in honolulu. and one of the things i learned is that 'mahalo' is the hawaiian word for hello, which you can add to your list.

and, living in such an ethnically diverse community, i learned that doomo arigato gozymus (pronounced: doemo adigato gozymuss) is japanese for 'thank you very much'.

so mahalo and doomo arigato gozymus to you.

second, being from pittsburgh like yourself, you know if you wanted to sit down and chat it up with someone about the blues, amir is the man. he is like a walking, breathing 'blues encyclopedia'.

hope all is well with you.