Accent Problem? Haulwood or Hollywood?
October 18 2017 By Abiodun Giwa
Hollywood: Courtesy: (UniversalStudios)
Is there anything holy about Hollywood that makes it different from other cities aside from being the home to the film industry?
It is one question in the air since the breaking news about many women coming forward to talk about sexual abuse in the hands of some notable shakers and movers of the film industry.
First, it must be noted that holiness is a word associated with angelic cleanliness without any blemish. So, when one hears a place is called Hollywood, there is an inkling to want to know if the place has anything to do with the Pope or the Vatican City in Italy governed by the Pope. However, curious investigation and research show that there is nothing holy about Hollywood in Los Angeles and nor is it situated in a wooded area.
According to the diary of H. J. Whitley, known as the "Father of Hollywood," written on his honeymoon in 1886, he stood at the top of the hill looking out over the valley, a Chinese man in a wagon carrying wood, Wikipedia's record shows. The Chinese man reportedly got out of his wagon and bowed. He was man was asked what he was doing and he replied, "I holly-wood," meaning 'hauling wood.' H. J. Whitley had an epiphany and decided to name his new town Hollywood.
Whitley, regarded as the father of Hollywood surely must have had an entertaining sense of humor, when he decidedly named the part of the hilly area he stood on his honeymoon as Hollywood and not Haulwood - the appropriate derivation from the Chinese man's statement about his business and why he carried wood in his wagon. The Chinese man's accent made the word 'Haul' to sound like 'Holy'. And that is by the way. Let us turn to the matter of the moment, the urge to miss use the natural wood by some men that has brought the Hollywood into a sort of infamy away from the filming business that has given it fame.
In term of male wood and its use, some wood can be holy while some others are not. and this depends on how the men decide to use their wood. Of course, men know what constitutes wood in the their anatomy. Women have need of the wood for procreation and enjoyment purpose, but they don't expect or want men to force the wood on them inappropriately. It is illegal to force the wood on women. It is also illegal to harass women for refusing to honor or turn down a request for friendship. But news reports say some prominent men in Haulwood have been of the attitude of making life miserable for many women, harassing them sexually and forcing the wood against the women's desire.
One man first came into the news as having broken the rules with many women, but now reports say that some other men are also in the troubled water. This writer has earlier sought forgiveness and help for the first accused of the inappropriate sexual behavior, but analysts are saying that it is the culture in Haulwood and not just some men's sin. What they are saying is that Haulwood is equivalent to be called modern day Sodom and Gomorrah.
But would the current picture of Hollywood make people run from a city known for its fame as home to to the famous and the rich in the entertainment industry? Isn't the wide road that people seek these days and not the narrow road that leads little money without fame but better life? Well, people say that some people who think they want success or fame at all cost will continue to prefer the wide road to the narrow road, and also be ready to bare their cross and the consequence just as they may have been doing before the current mammoth accusations about men who cannot control the wood.
It is one question in the air since the breaking news about many women coming forward to talk about sexual abuse in the hands of some notable shakers and movers of the film industry.
First, it must be noted that holiness is a word associated with angelic cleanliness without any blemish. So, when one hears a place is called Hollywood, there is an inkling to want to know if the place has anything to do with the Pope or the Vatican City in Italy governed by the Pope. However, curious investigation and research show that there is nothing holy about Hollywood in Los Angeles and nor is it situated in a wooded area.
According to the diary of H. J. Whitley, known as the "Father of Hollywood," written on his honeymoon in 1886, he stood at the top of the hill looking out over the valley, a Chinese man in a wagon carrying wood, Wikipedia's record shows. The Chinese man reportedly got out of his wagon and bowed. He was man was asked what he was doing and he replied, "I holly-wood," meaning 'hauling wood.' H. J. Whitley had an epiphany and decided to name his new town Hollywood.
Whitley, regarded as the father of Hollywood surely must have had an entertaining sense of humor, when he decidedly named the part of the hilly area he stood on his honeymoon as Hollywood and not Haulwood - the appropriate derivation from the Chinese man's statement about his business and why he carried wood in his wagon. The Chinese man's accent made the word 'Haul' to sound like 'Holy'. And that is by the way. Let us turn to the matter of the moment, the urge to miss use the natural wood by some men that has brought the Hollywood into a sort of infamy away from the filming business that has given it fame.
In term of male wood and its use, some wood can be holy while some others are not. and this depends on how the men decide to use their wood. Of course, men know what constitutes wood in the their anatomy. Women have need of the wood for procreation and enjoyment purpose, but they don't expect or want men to force the wood on them inappropriately. It is illegal to force the wood on women. It is also illegal to harass women for refusing to honor or turn down a request for friendship. But news reports say some prominent men in Haulwood have been of the attitude of making life miserable for many women, harassing them sexually and forcing the wood against the women's desire.
One man first came into the news as having broken the rules with many women, but now reports say that some other men are also in the troubled water. This writer has earlier sought forgiveness and help for the first accused of the inappropriate sexual behavior, but analysts are saying that it is the culture in Haulwood and not just some men's sin. What they are saying is that Haulwood is equivalent to be called modern day Sodom and Gomorrah.
But would the current picture of Hollywood make people run from a city known for its fame as home to to the famous and the rich in the entertainment industry? Isn't the wide road that people seek these days and not the narrow road that leads little money without fame but better life? Well, people say that some people who think they want success or fame at all cost will continue to prefer the wide road to the narrow road, and also be ready to bare their cross and the consequence just as they may have been doing before the current mammoth accusations about men who cannot control the wood.
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