Talk:Oeno Island

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Photos[edit]

recent photos dont show any more inlet islet sandy Island... probably removed under earth level due to severe weather conditions such as Ys island 82.224.88.52 07:24, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Eight years ago, my discovery above was a personal work what made it forbidden to include inside Oeno main page without secondary sources. I still need those sources for my old discovery as well as for those two recent ones:

On this photo http://library.puc.edu/Pitcairn/pitcairn/OenoPhotoTour/14.shtml we still see Sandy Island between the main island and the Pacific Ocean. This photo is 2003 dated and lets me say the island has vanished between 2003 and 2005.
On this specific map http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/pacific_islands_1943_1945/henderson_ducie_oeno.jpg drawn during WWII the half mile Sandy island is not shown at all and it lets me say it was a temporary island covered by grass and coconuts only during several decades. Jacques Ovion aka 82.224.88.52 (talk) 16:36, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

please explain more fully...[edit]

The article currently says:

There is a water tap installed on the island.

What does this passage mean? Does it mean the island is large enough to have underground fresh water? Cheers! Geo Swan 23:06, 30 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently yes, see here. --Van helsing (talk) 11:12, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I think the land area is more important than the size of the lagoon. It should be listed first. Geo Swan 23:08, 30 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

pronunciation[edit]

Is it ee-noh, as the Greek name, or something like oh-ay-noh as a Polynesian name? kwami (talk) 20:40, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Regardless of the Greek origin of the word, the reality is that the islanders do NOT pronounce it in the Greek fashion as mentioned in the article, nor in the suggested Polynesian fashion, but as oh-ee-noh. The origin of the name is irrelevant to the pronunciation if that is not used locally - a principle that is universally practiced (or why do Americans pronounce Illinois, Arkansas, Des Moines and Texas the way they do? since the origins of the names are French and Spanish - pronounced very differently in the original!). This should be edited to show actual pronunciation, not theoretical Greek pronunciation. Source? My wife, who spent much of her childhood on Pitcairn, and her father; and a Pitcairner who was bridesmaid at our wedding. Ptilinopus (talk) 14:30, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No need to get defensive. It was just a question, since I don't know. — kwami (talk) 17:51, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]