Comments on: Designs for Guam quarter now online

By: QUENGA!

QUENGA! — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:45:11 +0000

Antonio, you are proof of another “Guamanian” raised in the states that doesn’t know his heritage, culture or true Guam way of life. The new quarter is awesome and it shows respect in the native language. YOU may be a “Guamanian”, but WE are Chamorro! You need to take history classes from a good history teacher who understands what history is. It defines who we are how far we’ve come. The only obsurd piece of history that needs to be a dead issue and forgotten is your comment!

By: Crystal

Crystal — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:43:46 +0000

I agree with tiffany, I got the Guam quarter from a burger king around the corner and I did a little research cause I was interested in what kind of island Guam is.
It’s native name should have been on thwcquater

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:13:45 +0000

GUAHAN is GUAM in the native language of the island, Chamoru. If you grew up on the island or even knew an ounce of the heritage, you’d know that. Visitors and people from the mainland who aren’t as ignorant and actually KNOW about our island are the ones that grew up knowing “GUAM” as, “GUAM”. This design is supposed to give the people from Guam a chance to let someone out there who probably has never even heard of the island, find out a little more about us. How can bringing back the originality of our island name be obsurd?! It is through history that we learn who we are! Yes, we are Guam…but Guahan is the native Chamoru way of saying GUAM, it is our language and our heritage…it SHOULD NOT “buried as a dead issue”.

By: Antonio A. Aquiningoc

Antonio A. Aquiningoc — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:30:04 +0000

Gentlemen/Ladies, the design for the GUAM quarter looks great, except for one, and that is the word GUAHAN. We grew up knowing GUAM as GUAM and that is the way it should be kept. This thing about bringing back history is obsurd. So, please discontinue calling GUAM, GUAHAN because that is a historical thing and should be buried as a dead issue. I know that it was brought up by our SAIPANESE neighbors, but we are GUAMANIANS and we are known in the USA as GUAM and we should keep it like that. Thank you!