(HC)
Domain: Hawaii's Finest Clothing
Purpose: To denote sizes of the t-shirts on the rack.
Audience: Children and Women
Printed: Slate display board
Message: Classifying the sizes of the t-shirts, in this case intended for use of women and children.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
108712
ryansunada
United States
Honolulu
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Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43432
United States
Honolulu
(HC)
Domain: Silk-screened t-shirt
Purpose: To convey a popular local expression.
Audience: Locals who enjoy saying: "Aloha fo' days", locals who enjoy the color and branded manufacturer of the shirt.
Printed: AAA cotton t-shirt
Implied message: "Aloha" translates to a universal term in Hawaiian to "love". "Love (for days)"
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43433
United States
Honolulu
(HC)
Domain: Sales sign at Hawaii's Finest LLC.
Purpose: To denote the sale of tenor and concert ukuleles.
Audience: Customers who are in the market to purchase an ukulele.
Printed: Laminated paper sign
Message: Ukuleles were brought to Hawaii by Portuguese settlers, and has been a cultural icon for the islands since. "Ukulele," is a Hawaiian term that translates to "Jumping flea," similar to the movement of the fingers across the ukulele's fretboard.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43434
United States
Honolulu
(HC)
Domain: Long's Drugs Greeting Card Department
Purpose: Pidgin is used as an expression of congratulating any recipient of the card.
Audience: Customers looking to buy a local-themed greeting card
Print: 3x5" greeting card
Message: "Chee hoo" is an expression of congratulations in HWC.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43435
United States
Honolulu
(HC)
Domain: Drive through parking lot
Purpose: Denoting the owner of this vehicle to be of an Uncle figure.
Audience: All audiences, seen as a novelty sticker
Format: Bumper sticker on the back of a pickup truck
Message: "Unko status," known in Hawaii, Uncle, or "Unko" is usually a colloquial term for an adult male in Hawaii, as a term of endearment.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43436
United States
Honolulu
(HC)
Domain: UH Manoa Campus
Purpose: Denoting a family event on Fridays for families to participate
Audience: Families with children
Print: Neon green flyer
Message: Announcement for a family activity night at UH Manoa
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
59564
United States
Honolulu
This is the exit sign for a popular local store that sells local shirts with Pidgin on it. The style of the store is a beach or surfer theme but any local can shop there. Because it’s in Ala Moana Shopping Center, it’s also a site for tourists.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43437
United States
Honolulu
(HC)
Domain: Manoalani Apartments
Purpose: Place marker of a Hawaiian apartment complex
Audience: Passerby and Residents
Format: Wooden sign on Concrete wall
Message: "Manoalani" translates to: "Vast Heaven" and also describes the location of the apartment, being close in proximity to Manoa town.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
59565
United States
Pearl City
Here we see Pidgin being user as the name of a variety of Poke. The Pidgin implies that this poke is very ono. They probably used Pidgin to emphasize the deliciousness of the poke.
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