This is a card that says “Simon sez act lolo”, “Simon sez make one Shaka”, “Simon sez wiggle yo’ okole” (hwc). Lolo is Hawaiian but written as lōlō which means crazy. Sez is says in English. Yo’ is short for your. Okole is Hawaiian but normally written as ‘Okole which means butt. Shaka is a term that is a symbol of goodbye or hello. This is symbolic-authentic. R.N.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
39036
United States
Honolulu
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Multilingual Hawaiʻi
41340
United States
Kahuku
The purpose of the sign is to spread cognizance about the nesting of the Albatrosses to tourists. The sign uses Hawaiian to convey that the Hawaiian language is still being used.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
47228
United States
Honolulu
GM - Ono seafood. Ono usually means delicious. I’ve heard it’s a great seafood restaurant - very popular!
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
24957
United States
Kapolei
This card says “here’s one bottled water fo’ go with your birthday cake” and there is a bottle that says “local kine tap water, straight from da pipe” (hwc). The first phrase in English means here is a bottled water to go with your birthday cake. And the phrases on the bottle says local tap water, water coming from the faucet. This a humor saying that our tap water is clean so you do not need to get it from bottled water from the store. This is symbolic-authentic. R.N.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
39037
United States
Honolulu
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Multilingual Hawaiʻi
41341
United States
Kahuku
The sign tells tourists about Kahuku Point and the Hawaiian Monk Seal (a critically endangered endemic species of Hawaii) Honey Girl. The sign teaches tourists a few Hawaiian words.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
47229
United States
Honolulu
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
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
63613
United States
Kaneohe
This sticker, made by a local company, features the Pidgin phrase “Cheehoo” stylized as the Champion brand logo. Cheehoo is an exclamatory phrase used when something exciting is happening. I think that stylizing this local phrase as a trendy apparel company makes it more accessible for younger audiences.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
39038
United States
Honolulu
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Multilingual Hawaiʻi
41342
United States
Kahuku
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Multilingual Hawaiʻi
47230
United States
Honolulu
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.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
63614
United States
Kaneohe
This is one of my favorite Pidgin phrases and it just means “No worries!”. The “beef curry” part doesn’t mean anything and is only used for the rhyme, but this sticker shows a more literal representation with beef curry as the background. I chose to put this sticker on my water bottle because if someone recognizes it, I know they’re local!
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
39039
United States
Kahului
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Multilingual Hawaiʻi
41343
United States
Kahuku
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Multilingual Hawaiʻi
47231
United States
Honolulu
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”.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
39040
United States
Waianae
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Multilingual Hawaiʻi
41344
United States
Hauula
This is meant for locals - relates to the Hawaiian culture and reminds people of the important values in life
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
47232
United States
Honolulu
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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