However, the president never attempted to use wooden teeth as a possible remedy for his dental ailments and donât let anyone tell you otherwise! While wooden teeth might not have been in President Washingtonâs arsenal of dental apparatuses, he did use quite a variety of different materials. The eighteenth century wasnât exactly the apex of dental technology and practice. In fact, dentistry as a unique medical practice wasnât even in existence at that time.
Kana Sensitivity. When Japanese kana characters Hiragana and Katakana are treated differently, it is called Kana sensitive. Width Sensitivity. When a single-byte character (half-width) and the same character when represented as a double-byte character (full-width) are treated differently then it is width sensitive.
[Hawaiian, human being, Kanaka.] Usage Note: The word Kanaka simply means human being in the Hawaiian language. When borrowed into English, however, it was naturally used in referring not to people in general but rather to Hawaiians of Polynesian ancestry, or more broadly, to any Polynesian person. Since this usage has often been perceived, and has sometimes been intended, as derogatory, Kanaka is best avoided by outsiders.