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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.58,0:00:08.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mysteries of vernacular:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.45,0:00:09.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ukulele,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.77,0:00:12.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a small, four-stringed guitar.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.74,0:00:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oddly enough, the word ukulele,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.32,0:00:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in its native Hawaiian,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.96,0:00:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,literally translates to jumping flea.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.14,0:00:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even more surprising,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.28,0:00:25.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the instrument itself did not originate in Hawaii.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.74,0:00:27.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, how did a Hawaiian word
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.61,0:00:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come to describe a non-Hawaiian instrument?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.42,0:00:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back in the late 1800s,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.34,0:00:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,King Kalākaua was the last reigning king
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.44,0:00:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the kingdom of Hawaii.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.67,0:00:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was nicknamed "The Merry Monarch"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.10,0:00:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of his joy for life
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.60,0:00:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, in particular, his love of music.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.90,0:00:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the King's court,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.20,0:00:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was a former British army officer
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.64,0:00:51.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,named Edward Purvis.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.73,0:00:52.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Though a small man,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.81,0:00:54.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was quite lively,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.65,0:00:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his nickname was "Jumping Flea,"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.52,0:01:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ukulele" in Hawaiian.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.38,0:01:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like the King, he was a great lover of music.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.40,0:01:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1879, a group of Portuguese immigrants
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.56,0:01:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,arrived on the islands of Hawaii,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.02,0:01:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bringing with them a small, four-stringed guitar
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.70,0:01:15.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,known as a braguinha.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.51,0:01:18.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Purvis was immediately taken with the instrument
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.19,0:01:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and helped spread its popularity
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.19,0:01:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throughout the King's court.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.08,0:01:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the story goes,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.58,0:01:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was not long before his nickname, Ukulele,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.94,0:01:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,jumped from the man to his favorite instrument.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.62,0:01:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As demand grew, several Portuguese families
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.50,0:01:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,began to manufacture
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.07,0:01:38.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the minuscule guitar on the islands,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.17,0:01:40.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making small modifications
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.05,0:01:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until it became the same ukulele we recognize today.