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"
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United States
Lake Placid
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United States
Everett
At first glace, this seems to be Japanese characters due to both the surrounding art of the mural as well as the general curvature and calligraphy of the word. On further inspection though, this simply says "GAK". For East Asian and/or Japanese immigrants, things like this would at the very least be cause for confusion, and for the rest of the non-immigrant population, only serves as a nice aesthetic piece and nothing to promote more "multicultural" attitudes.
Ling study EDC&I
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United States
Evanston
Haitian language
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United States
Arlington
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Fort Worth
Sandra N
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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.
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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.
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United States
Kailua
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Multilingual Hawaiʻi
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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
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United States
Tucson
Regan M.
This is a street sign in the south part of Tucson.
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