This is a shirt with a Shaka logo on it and it says Howzit brah (hwc). Howzit also means “how is it?” in English. Brah is short for “braddah” which means “brother” in English. This is symbolic-authentic. R.N.
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GM - I saw this sign at a Starbucks. This locations Starbucks manager was leaving and they made some notes for him. They used the word ke’eaumoku which was the name of the location of the Starbucks.
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GM - I saw this while walking down to Waikiki. The intended audience is tourist / visitors. It had drink Aloha all over the posters with Pepsi on it. Just because it has a Aloha on it, I feel like it could attract visitors to drink the “aloha”
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GM - this was in one of the dorm towers. This poster is trying to educate students at UH with the Hawaiian language. Red: ‘Ula’Ula
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GM - Ono seafood. Ono usually means delicious. I’ve heard it’s a great seafood restaurant - very popular!
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GM - I was at Whole Foods and this was a persons reusable grocery bag. Any kine stuff meaning all kinds of. Good bag for the grocery store
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GM - This was for an event space. They used the word da room which means the room. They may have used this to attract more people to look at their place.
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GM- I saw this card at Ala Moana target. The targeted audience is probably locals but maybe even tourist because it is in Ala Moana which is very packed with tourist. They used pidgin in the comic an example being “what is dat smell”.
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GM - This card was at the Ala Moana target. This card says “Chee hoo” which is similar to woohoo - when you are celebrating or if something is exciting. For this card / I believe it was for a birthday.
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we stay closed
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Hawaiian word with its English meaning on the ground.
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