A is "ah"
E is "Ay"
I is "Ee"
O is "Oh"
U is "Ooh"
Every vowel gets its own syllable.
G's are always soft and always pronounced as if spelled "ng"
AU following a consonant is "owww" (rhymes with cow)
OU following a consonant is "oh"
For example: Laufou Shopping Center is "lau-foe" (rhymes with "cow
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Things You Need to Know
American Samoa is a U.S. Territory, located 2600 miles southwest of Honolulu, in the South Pacific Ocean. It is the only U.S. Territory located south of the equator. It is not be be confused with the Independent Nation of Samoa a.k.a "Western Samoa", and sometimes just "Samoa", located just 70 miles West of us.
Pago Pago is located on the island of Tutuila (too-too-EE-lah), the main island that makes up the territory. A smaller island, Aunu'u, is located just off the East coast of Tutuila. The Manu'a Islands (Ofu [Oh-foo], Olosega [Oh-lo-sang-ah], and Ta'u [tah-ooh]) are located about 70 miles East of Tutuila.
When making references to TV shows, keep in mind that American Samoa has CBS and NBC programming on a 1-week tape delay from Honolulu. Any reference to something that happened "last night" on Jay Leno, would be premature here. There is no ABC, UPN or WB programming at all. We also get movies a month or so behind the mainland. (You can check the movie listings at the local theatre via the link on our website). HBO, ABC-Family and various other cable channels are also on a 1-week tape delay. We do get some live programming, like CNN/Asia, The BBC World News, and occasionally some Fox News Channel feeds. Below is a complete list of channels that we get here:
We do get FOX but they are a competitor, so let's not talk about them.
Island Music Channel
Island Info Channel
AFN- Armed Forces Network
Bloomberg
Korean News
BBC News
CNBC-Asia
ESPN
ESPN 2
Spike
ABC Family
HBO
Bravo...Queer Eye!
TV Land
TCM- Turner Classic Movies
Comedy Central
USA
A&E
Lifetime
CBS
NBC
PBS
Sci-Fi
Discovery
History Channel
Disney
Cartoon Network
Nickelodeon
MTV
VH1
Pago Pago is located on the island of Tutuila (too-too-EE-lah), the main island that makes up the territory. A smaller island, Aunu'u, is located just off the East coast of Tutuila. The Manu'a Islands (Ofu [Oh-foo], Olosega [Oh-lo-sang-ah], and Ta'u [tah-ooh]) are located about 70 miles East of Tutuila.
When making references to TV shows, keep in mind that American Samoa has CBS and NBC programming on a 1-week tape delay from Honolulu. Any reference to something that happened "last night" on Jay Leno, would be premature here. There is no ABC, UPN or WB programming at all. We also get movies a month or so behind the mainland. (You can check the movie listings at the local theatre via the link on our website). HBO, ABC-Family and various other cable channels are also on a 1-week tape delay. We do get some live programming, like CNN/Asia, The BBC World News, and occasionally some Fox News Channel feeds. Below is a complete list of channels that we get here:
We do get FOX but they are a competitor, so let's not talk about them.
Island Music Channel
Island Info Channel
AFN- Armed Forces Network
Bloomberg
Korean News
BBC News
CNBC-Asia
ESPN
ESPN 2
Spike
ABC Family
HBO
Bravo...Queer Eye!
TV Land
TCM- Turner Classic Movies
Comedy Central
USA
A&E
Lifetime
CBS
NBC
PBS
Sci-Fi
Discovery
History Channel
Disney
Cartoon Network
Nickelodeon
MTV
VH1
Things to do in American Samoa
Slow driving is an art here. Since there is just one road that goes from one end of the island to the other, you go as slow as the guy in front is going. There's no good place to pass becuse the roads are so winding. Speed limit is 20-25mph most places.
Go to the airport on Sunday and Thursday nights to watch the plane come in from Honolulu. Everybody here either knows somebody who is coming in on the plane or leaving, so the airport becomes a big social gathering.
Day trips to Aunu'u Island (Ow-NOO-oo... rhymes with cow-BLEW-you) are a lot of fun. All the folks living there are really friendly and hospitable. It's a beautiful place too. If you're tired of the everyday city hum-drum then catch the boat over to Aunu'u and spend the day hiking and checking out the quicksand lake and the coves. Make sure you bring plenty of water and don't forget your snorkel and mask!
You can buy lots of colorful fabrics here. Fabric IS Samoa. The people here wear lots of floral prints and Samoan designs. So, part of shopping is checking out the latest prints and patterns. Buy a few yards, take it over to the sewing shop, have an Aloha Shirt made with a matching dress for the lady. Or have some throw pillows made for the couch. This place is an interior decorator's exotic wet dream.
Go to the airport on Sunday and Thursday nights to watch the plane come in from Honolulu. Everybody here either knows somebody who is coming in on the plane or leaving, so the airport becomes a big social gathering.
Day trips to Aunu'u Island (Ow-NOO-oo... rhymes with cow-BLEW-you) are a lot of fun. All the folks living there are really friendly and hospitable. It's a beautiful place too. If you're tired of the everyday city hum-drum then catch the boat over to Aunu'u and spend the day hiking and checking out the quicksand lake and the coves. Make sure you bring plenty of water and don't forget your snorkel and mask!
You can buy lots of colorful fabrics here. Fabric IS Samoa. The people here wear lots of floral prints and Samoan designs. So, part of shopping is checking out the latest prints and patterns. Buy a few yards, take it over to the sewing shop, have an Aloha Shirt made with a matching dress for the lady. Or have some throw pillows made for the couch. This place is an interior decorator's exotic wet dream.
This Day in Samoan History
January 1st – 1962 – Western Samoa’s Flag raised over Mulinu’u.
January 4th – 1836 – First group of missionary families arrive in Samoa.
January 9th – 1915 - Hurricane severely damages Manu’a Island
January 11th – 1942 – Japanese fire on Tutuila for the first and only time, damaging Frank Shimasaki’s store
January 17th – 1987 - Hurricane Tusi devastates Manu’a Islands
January 24th – 1942 – Large contingent of U.S Marines and Seabees land in Tutuila
January 26th – 1956 - First official air mail delivery to American Samoa
January 28th – 1905 – Cmdr. CBT Moore is appointed first Government of American Samoa
January 29th – 1966 – Hurricane hits American Samoa
January 30th – 1974 – 96 people die in Pam Am crash in Tafuna
February 3rd – 1990- Hurricane Ofa hits American Samoa
February 10th- 1971- The Appollo 14 astronauts arrive at Pago Pago International Airport after their splashdown in the South Pacific.
February 14th – 1872- Cmdr. R.W. Mead signs “treaty” with High Chief Mauga
February 19th – 1900- President Mckinley puts American Samoa under the authority of the US Navy.
February 22 – 1951- Dept of Interior replaces US Navy in American Samoa
March 2 – 1872- Cmdr Richard Meade signs treaty with Mauga of Pago Pago-first American Samoan Treaty
March 4- 1925- Swains Island annexed by Congress
March 16 – 1889 – “The Great Apia Hurricane” destroys three warships and kills 147 men
March 24 – 1880 – Britain And US agree to joint protection of Samoa by three powers
April 1 – 1890 - Mauga of Pago Pago dies in a Flu Epidemic
April 2- 1824- Otto Von Kotzebue sights and names Kordinkoff (Rose) Atoll after his lieutenant
April 11- 1934- LT Cmdr T.C Latimore is 22nd Naval Governor until April 13, 1934 – EASTER!!!!
April 17th – 1900- Deed of Cession signed by the chiefs of Tutuila
April 18th – 1900- First dispensary established on Tutuila 1970 the Apollo 13 astronauts arrive in Pago Pago International Airport after their splashdown in the South Pacific
April 27th- 1960- Constitution of American Samoa ratified and approved
May 1st 1966- 16 Year Old Robin Graham departs Pago Pago aboard Dove during a solo around the world voyage
May 5th- 1768- Bougainville sights the Samoa chain, names them the “Navigator Islands”
May 9th- Mothers Day- 1838- First LSM Church established in Pago Pago
May 19th- Armed Forces Day
May 24th- Memorial Day- 1961- Peter Tail Coleman completes first term of Governorship
May 26th – 1969- The Apollo 10 astronauts arrive in Pago Pago International Airport after their splashdown in the South Pacific
June 1st – Samoa Independence Day- 1836- LMS missionaries and wives anchor in Fagasa Bay
June 5th – 1900- American Flag is Raised on Rose Atoll
June 13th – 1722- Jacob Roggeveen discovers Rose Atoll. The Next day he sights Manu’a Islands, Tutuila and Upolo
June 24th – 1888- First Mormon baptism of one Malaia at Aunu’u Island
July 1st- 1956- Dept of the Interior assumes official administration of American Samoa
July 7th – 1911- “Naval Station Tutuila” officially becomes “American Samoa”
July 14th – 1904- Tuimanu’a signs Deed of Cession
July 15th – 1904- Manu’a Agrees to US authority over their islands
July 16th – 1904- Manu’a’s Deed of Cession registered at the Courthouse by E.W Gurr
July 21st – 1913- “Queen” Emma Coe dies- 1902- Theodore Roosevelt thanks Samoan Chiefs for signing the Deed of Cession
August 5th – 1878- Lands transferred to US Navy in Pago Pago Bay for use as coaling station
August 11th- 1925- Margaret Mead arrives in American Samoa
August 26th- 1913- Directive issued to establish nursing school in Tutuila
September 1st – 1935- The Feliti School for Boys is opened at Le’ala
September 8th – 1981- Gerry Speiss arrives at Pago Pago durning a solo voyage across the Pacific a stunt preformed in a tiny sailboat-capsule
October 4th – 1964- First educational television broadcast in American Samoa
October 7th – 1839- The Wilkes Expedition sights Rose Atoll and spends 34 days studying the Samoan Islands
October 18th – 1832- John Williams arrives at Leone Bay aboard the Messenger of Peace-1966- President Johnson visits. His wife dedicates Manulele Tausala (Ladybird) School
October 20th – 1905- First American Samoa Fono (Legislature) elected
November 3rd- 1894- Robert Louis Stevenson dies in Apia
November 22nd- 1977- Peter Tail Coleman begins term as first elected Governor of American Samoa
November 24th – 1969- The moon rocks from Apollo12 mission are transshipped through Pago Pago International Airport
November 29th – 1970- Pope Paul VI visits both American and Western Samoa
December 8th – 1877- High Chief Mauga escapes with his forces to Aunu’u
December 15th – 1916- W. Somerset Maugham arrives in Pago Pago with a Missionary and Sadie Thompson
December 20th – 1972- The Apollo 17 astronauts arrive at Pago Pago Internation Airport after their splashdown in the South Pacific.
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January 4th – 1836 – First group of missionary families arrive in Samoa.
January 9th – 1915 - Hurricane severely damages Manu’a Island
January 11th – 1942 – Japanese fire on Tutuila for the first and only time, damaging Frank Shimasaki’s store
January 17th – 1987 - Hurricane Tusi devastates Manu’a Islands
January 24th – 1942 – Large contingent of U.S Marines and Seabees land in Tutuila
January 26th – 1956 - First official air mail delivery to American Samoa
January 28th – 1905 – Cmdr. CBT Moore is appointed first Government of American Samoa
January 29th – 1966 – Hurricane hits American Samoa
January 30th – 1974 – 96 people die in Pam Am crash in Tafuna
February 3rd – 1990- Hurricane Ofa hits American Samoa
February 10th- 1971- The Appollo 14 astronauts arrive at Pago Pago International Airport after their splashdown in the South Pacific.
February 14th – 1872- Cmdr. R.W. Mead signs “treaty” with High Chief Mauga
February 19th – 1900- President Mckinley puts American Samoa under the authority of the US Navy.
February 22 – 1951- Dept of Interior replaces US Navy in American Samoa
March 2 – 1872- Cmdr Richard Meade signs treaty with Mauga of Pago Pago-first American Samoan Treaty
March 4- 1925- Swains Island annexed by Congress
March 16 – 1889 – “The Great Apia Hurricane” destroys three warships and kills 147 men
March 24 – 1880 – Britain And US agree to joint protection of Samoa by three powers
April 1 – 1890 - Mauga of Pago Pago dies in a Flu Epidemic
April 2- 1824- Otto Von Kotzebue sights and names Kordinkoff (Rose) Atoll after his lieutenant
April 11- 1934- LT Cmdr T.C Latimore is 22nd Naval Governor until April 13, 1934 – EASTER!!!!
April 17th – 1900- Deed of Cession signed by the chiefs of Tutuila
April 18th – 1900- First dispensary established on Tutuila 1970 the Apollo 13 astronauts arrive in Pago Pago International Airport after their splashdown in the South Pacific
April 27th- 1960- Constitution of American Samoa ratified and approved
May 1st 1966- 16 Year Old Robin Graham departs Pago Pago aboard Dove during a solo around the world voyage
May 5th- 1768- Bougainville sights the Samoa chain, names them the “Navigator Islands”
May 9th- Mothers Day- 1838- First LSM Church established in Pago Pago
May 19th- Armed Forces Day
May 24th- Memorial Day- 1961- Peter Tail Coleman completes first term of Governorship
May 26th – 1969- The Apollo 10 astronauts arrive in Pago Pago International Airport after their splashdown in the South Pacific
June 1st – Samoa Independence Day- 1836- LMS missionaries and wives anchor in Fagasa Bay
June 5th – 1900- American Flag is Raised on Rose Atoll
June 13th – 1722- Jacob Roggeveen discovers Rose Atoll. The Next day he sights Manu’a Islands, Tutuila and Upolo
June 24th – 1888- First Mormon baptism of one Malaia at Aunu’u Island
July 1st- 1956- Dept of the Interior assumes official administration of American Samoa
July 7th – 1911- “Naval Station Tutuila” officially becomes “American Samoa”
July 14th – 1904- Tuimanu’a signs Deed of Cession
July 15th – 1904- Manu’a Agrees to US authority over their islands
July 16th – 1904- Manu’a’s Deed of Cession registered at the Courthouse by E.W Gurr
July 21st – 1913- “Queen” Emma Coe dies- 1902- Theodore Roosevelt thanks Samoan Chiefs for signing the Deed of Cession
August 5th – 1878- Lands transferred to US Navy in Pago Pago Bay for use as coaling station
August 11th- 1925- Margaret Mead arrives in American Samoa
August 26th- 1913- Directive issued to establish nursing school in Tutuila
September 1st – 1935- The Feliti School for Boys is opened at Le’ala
September 8th – 1981- Gerry Speiss arrives at Pago Pago durning a solo voyage across the Pacific a stunt preformed in a tiny sailboat-capsule
October 4th – 1964- First educational television broadcast in American Samoa
October 7th – 1839- The Wilkes Expedition sights Rose Atoll and spends 34 days studying the Samoan Islands
October 18th – 1832- John Williams arrives at Leone Bay aboard the Messenger of Peace-1966- President Johnson visits. His wife dedicates Manulele Tausala (Ladybird) School
October 20th – 1905- First American Samoa Fono (Legislature) elected
November 3rd- 1894- Robert Louis Stevenson dies in Apia
November 22nd- 1977- Peter Tail Coleman begins term as first elected Governor of American Samoa
November 24th – 1969- The moon rocks from Apollo12 mission are transshipped through Pago Pago International Airport
November 29th – 1970- Pope Paul VI visits both American and Western Samoa
December 8th – 1877- High Chief Mauga escapes with his forces to Aunu’u
December 15th – 1916- W. Somerset Maugham arrives in Pago Pago with a Missionary and Sadie Thompson
December 20th – 1972- The Apollo 17 astronauts arrive at Pago Pago Internation Airport after their splashdown in the South Pacific.
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Public Service Announcements
(use tfn) Did you know that 1 out of 6 men on this island will develop lung or prostate cancer at some point in there lives? Cancer is the 2nd leading cause of death of Samoan people. If you are over 40, you need to be screened. And it's easy....just call the A.S. Community Cancer Network at 633-22-63.
(use tfn) Are you lonley, depressed, thinking of ending it all? If you don't feel like you have any place to turn to, please know that you are not alone. You Are Not Alone is a group at ASCC available 24 hours a day... any time...day..night... weekends... Just call 252-YANA (9262)... Someone is ready to help you..all you have to do is call. The call is free of charge... so don't worry about that... Can 252-9262 and get the support you need.
(Use tfn) The Teen Challenge Center in Tafuna can help kids handle peer pressure, drug and alcohol abuse and other personal concerns. Drop by Monday through Friday between 9 and 4 or call 699-2635 for more information.
(Use tfn) The Business and Professional Women (or BPW) groups meets regularly and encourages you to attend. They meet at the Small Business Development Center... call 258-1321 for details.
(Use tfn) The American Samoa Humane Society encourages you to take care of our animal friends. Have your pets spayed or neutered to help control the population. The Humane Society has a number for help and assistance. Call 699-8590 to adopt puppies or kittens.... or to have yours fixed.
(Use tfn) The American Samoa Canoe Association welcomes anyone to join the canoe family in fun paddling and competition. They meet Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays to paddle at the Yacht Club.
(Use tfn) The LBJ Family Planning Clinic is open until 7 pm every Tuesday and Thursday. For more information, call 633-1222, extension 125 or 158.
(Use tfn) It's still against the law to hunt fruit bats and birds in American Samoa. Report poaching to the DMWR at 633-4456 between 7:30 and 4, or call 258-2889 after hours.
(use tfn) Are you lonley, depressed, thinking of ending it all? If you don't feel like you have any place to turn to, please know that you are not alone. You Are Not Alone is a group at ASCC available 24 hours a day... any time...day..night... weekends... Just call 252-YANA (9262)... Someone is ready to help you..all you have to do is call. The call is free of charge... so don't worry about that... Can 252-9262 and get the support you need.
(Use tfn) The Teen Challenge Center in Tafuna can help kids handle peer pressure, drug and alcohol abuse and other personal concerns. Drop by Monday through Friday between 9 and 4 or call 699-2635 for more information.
(Use tfn) The Business and Professional Women (or BPW) groups meets regularly and encourages you to attend. They meet at the Small Business Development Center... call 258-1321 for details.
(Use tfn) The American Samoa Humane Society encourages you to take care of our animal friends. Have your pets spayed or neutered to help control the population. The Humane Society has a number for help and assistance. Call 699-8590 to adopt puppies or kittens.... or to have yours fixed.
(Use tfn) The American Samoa Canoe Association welcomes anyone to join the canoe family in fun paddling and competition. They meet Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays to paddle at the Yacht Club.
(Use tfn) The LBJ Family Planning Clinic is open until 7 pm every Tuesday and Thursday. For more information, call 633-1222, extension 125 or 158.
(Use tfn) It's still against the law to hunt fruit bats and birds in American Samoa. Report poaching to the DMWR at 633-4456 between 7:30 and 4, or call 258-2889 after hours.
Villages
Pago Pago (PAHNG-o PAHNG-o)
Leone (lay-OH-nay)
Fagotogo (fong-oh-TONE-go)
Utulei (OOH-too-lay)
Vatia (vah-TEE-uh)
Fagasa (fahng-ah-SAH)
Nu'uuli (nu-OOH-lee)
Ili'ili (E-lee-E-lee)
Aunu'u (ow-nu-ooh....cow-blue-you) (actually a small island just off the eastern coast of Tutuila... the main island of Am. Samoa)
[Remember, Gs are always pronounced as "ng", but the G is VERY soft like in the word "song" or "among"]
Leone (lay-OH-nay)
Fagotogo (fong-oh-TONE-go)
Utulei (OOH-too-lay)
Vatia (vah-TEE-uh)
Fagasa (fahng-ah-SAH)
Nu'uuli (nu-OOH-lee)
Ili'ili (E-lee-E-lee)
Aunu'u (ow-nu-ooh....cow-blue-you) (actually a small island just off the eastern coast of Tutuila... the main island of Am. Samoa)
[Remember, Gs are always pronounced as "ng", but the G is VERY soft like in the word "song" or "among"]
Say Hello To
(Try to keep in mind that almost everything is closed on SUNDAYS.)
The wonderful people at Carl's Jr.... can we get a couple of those Six Dollar burgers, please?
All the gang at ANZ Amerika Samoa Bank....(ANZ is "A-N-Zed". Amerika is "Ah-mah-REE-kuh.")
The very busy crew at L&L Hawaiian Barbecue
Everybody at Dept. of Human & Social Services... thanks for watching out for us.
The crew at Samoa NAPA.
The Dept of Public Safety - Reminding you to click it or ticket.
The gang at ASCO Motors (ass-co) the Toyota place.
The nice people at the Koko Bean. Great food and coffee there.
Everybody at the Department of Health.
The crew at Island Image Creations.
The hard-working crew at McDonald's in Tafuna
All the gang at Blue Sky Communications...
The crew at Pacific Products
Lisa and the crew at Plaza Home Furnishings
The KFC Crew as well as the Pizza Hut Gang...
All the gang at the National Park Service
The whole crew at the Coast Guard... thanks for helping us keep the waters safe!
The gang at the Office of Motor Vehicles...the OMV.
Hello to everyone at Computer World! Thank you for helping us take care of our machines here at the station.
Talofa to all the gang at ASCO Motors (ASS-Co)... see them for a fine Toyota today!
Greetings to Tasi and the ladies at the Wightman, Crane and Stuart offices. Thanks for bringing in all the fine Kellogg's cererals.
The wonderful people at Carl's Jr.... can we get a couple of those Six Dollar burgers, please?
All the gang at ANZ Amerika Samoa Bank....(ANZ is "A-N-Zed". Amerika is "Ah-mah-REE-kuh.")
The very busy crew at L&L Hawaiian Barbecue
Everybody at Dept. of Human & Social Services... thanks for watching out for us.
The crew at Samoa NAPA.
The Dept of Public Safety - Reminding you to click it or ticket.
The gang at ASCO Motors (ass-co) the Toyota place.
The nice people at the Koko Bean. Great food and coffee there.
Everybody at the Department of Health.
The crew at Island Image Creations.
The hard-working crew at McDonald's in Tafuna
All the gang at Blue Sky Communications...
The crew at Pacific Products
Lisa and the crew at Plaza Home Furnishings
The KFC Crew as well as the Pizza Hut Gang...
All the gang at the National Park Service
The whole crew at the Coast Guard... thanks for helping us keep the waters safe!
The gang at the Office of Motor Vehicles...the OMV.
Hello to everyone at Computer World! Thank you for helping us take care of our machines here at the station.
Talofa to all the gang at ASCO Motors (ASS-Co)... see them for a fine Toyota today!
Greetings to Tasi and the ladies at the Wightman, Crane and Stuart offices. Thanks for bringing in all the fine Kellogg's cererals.
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