SU
- medium: The sign is printed on a building located at Ward Village.
- domain: The context of the sign is that it is a dry cleaners that also washes and folds your clothes for you, making it aloha fresh.
- audience: The sign is intended for people who are passing by the area. It is intended for nonlocals and locals.
- function: The sign is trying to inform people that there is a dry cleaners located there in Ward Village.
- language: The language that is dominant on this sign is English, “Dry Cleaners” with a little Hawaiian, “Aloha”.
The word “aloha” means “hello, goodbye, love” in Hawaiian.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
113327
United States
Malone
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124335
Kendallyn
United States
Pascagoula
Communicative
Spanish Dominant
SpanPasc
59567
United States
Honolulu
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Multilingual Hawaiʻi
127919
Hugo_Orozco
United States
Lake Stickney
This sign offers "1 Month Free" in English and "1 Mes Gratis" in Spanish. This bilingual sign shows that businesses recognize and accommodate the local Hispanic population.
131248
United States
Moses Lake
Behind my old elementary school is the Catholic Church I went to growing up.
5296
United States
Broomfield
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6320
United States
Waukegan
storefront
6832
United States
Ridge Farm
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7344
United States
Gurnee
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17584
United States
Tucson
Està un foto de la carnicería cerca mi casa Vieja. La carne de aqui es muy bueno. Ariana R.
24752
United States
Tucson
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43952
United States
Honolulu
SU
- medium: The sign is printed on a bottle of seasoning.
- domain: The context of this sign is that it is a seasoning with smoky rub in it (smoked paprika).
- audience: This sign is intended for the public in general. Anyone who is in the store passing this seasoning or buying it. Intended for local and nonlocal.
- function: This sign is trying to tell you that it is made in Hawai’i as it says at the top “aloha from Hawai’i”.
- language: The language that is dominant on this sign is Pidgin or HWC with some Hawaiian and English.
The phrase “da kine” means “the kind” when it is roughly translated and it is similar to the Pidgin expression “any kine” which means “any kind”. It is usually used when you can’t put your finger on what you’re trying to say. For example, “Um…da kine, he went to the grocery store already.”, “She wen go mess up my da kine.”, “He’s so da kine.”
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
124336
Kendallyn
United States
Pascagoula
Communicative
Spanish Dominant
SpanPasc
64944
United States
Los Angeles
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131249
Sam A. & Karla M.
United States
Quincy
K.M. - This the only event center in town where the community or families usually host events.
S.A. - This is where we often see quinceañeras or Mexican traditions.
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