Just 2 days before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, things heating up with new candidates. On a student bulletin board at Yale University
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Benicia
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Chicago
signs in subway station
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El Mercado San Augustin es cerca de la parada de tranvia. También hay bicicletas de la ciudad que puedes rentar.
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Grove City
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(SP)(check in #3) This photo has both Pidgin and Hawaiian in it, but I want to use it as a Pidgin photo. This is a photo of the common Pidgin greeting “howzit” permanently painted in the entrance way of a dormitory, in the domain of student life/education. Clearly this phrase was used to catch the attention and be understood by both Local students of students from out of state, since almost everyone is familiar with this phrase. It may have been used to make the dormitory feel more genuinely Hawaiian, and a more relaxing and easy-going place for students to live. It makes any student who walks in immediately feel like they are being greeted by a friend.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
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Ithaca, NY
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Letreros en el RGV
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Chicago
in subway station
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Tucson
Aiza C. - El Mercado San Augustin es cerca de la tranvía. También hay bicicletas que puedes rentar.
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SU: Check up #2
- What languages are used on the sign?: The language that is used on this sign is Hawaiian.
- How are the languages presented?:
The word “Hele” is presented in big font in all capital letters in the color white. It is presented but because it is the name of the gas station.
- Who is the audience?:
The audience is is for the general public but I think it was mainly for locals.
- What is the domain?:
The domain is at a workplace (gas station).
- What is the sign trying to tell people?:
The word “Hele” means go in Hawaiian. So I think the gas station is named “Hele” because people go there to get gas so that they can go and continue on with their journey.
- Why is Hawaiian being used here?:
Hawaiian is being used here because it is appropriate being on Hawaiian lands. It also catches the attention of the locals and nonlocals that drive past this sign.
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