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"The name "Duke" is not a title; his father was named "Duke" in honor of the Duke of Edinburgh, who was visiting Hawaii at the time of the elder man's birth in 1865."

Clearly, it was not the present Duke of Edinburgh (to whom there is a link!). Who held that title in 1865? Or is it a mere mistake?

S.

Good catch, thank you! I hadn't followed the attendant link. I'll dig up info on who was Duke of Edinburgh in 1865 and fix it. Hephaestos

[edit] Yards or meters?

You talk about "yards" for the swimming distance, but at the olympics, the yards are not used. meter only... Clio64B 84.99.239.95 14:15, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

I have changed the distances to meters, as used in the Olympics. Centuriono 21:34, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kahuna

should there be a link to Kahuna somewhere, as i at least didnt know what kahuna actually meant till i looked it up!

I checked with Duke's biographer, Sandra Hall, and she confirms that he was not called the Big Kahuna. As a Hawaiian aware of his cultural heritage, he would have been dismayed to be called that. That term came into use as a result of the movies. The article needs to be corrected. Makana Chai 01:03, 1 March 2007 (UTC)