SU: Check Up #3
- What languages are used on the sign?:
The languages that are used on the sign are Hawai’i Creole or Pidgin and English.
- How are the languages presented?:
The Pidgin and English are presented in big and bolded white and gold letters.
- Who is the audience?:
The audience is for the general public, but would probably be more directed to the locals.
- What is the domain?:
The domain is on an example card for a T-shirt in the T&C store at Windward mall.
- What is the sign telling people?:
The phrase “no make any kine” means don’t do things any type of way, have an intention behind whatever you’re doing.
- Why is Pidgin/Hawaiian being used here?:
Pidgin is being used here because it is an entertaining way to make a shirt and also because it is appropriate since we live on an island that consists of people who speak Pidgin.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
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rb_ucsd
United States
San Diego
Tipo de letrero “otro”; Top down; información que está en la lengua minoritaria es “traducción"
117266
United States
Lake Placid
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71187
United States
Evanston
Haitian language
7443
United States
Arlington
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72979
United States
Fort Worth
Sandra N
10259
United States
Tucson
Rita V.
El rotulo "El Tiradito" senala que alli murio un hombre hace cien anos. Es un lugar historico donde va la gente a rezar.
11795
United States
Tucson
This is a sticker on a electrical box on The University of Arizona campus. The writing is in both Spanish and English. Emerson L.
42515
United States
Kailua
SM
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
116243
United States
Saint Regis Falls
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117267
United States
Lake Placid
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71188
United States
Evanston
English version of Haitian directly above
7444
United States
Arlington
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72980
United States
Fort Worth
Sandra N
11796
United States
Tucson
Regan M.
This is a street sign in the south part of Tucson.
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