Yo vi esta señal mientras conducía a la tienda.
Matthew B
43438
United States
Honolulu
(HC)
Purpose: Statue of the mascot for Waiola Shave Ice, a popular dessert shop on Oahu.
Audience: Tourists for pictures, customers of the shop.
Format: ABS/Plaster statue of the shave ice mascot.
Message: "Shave ice" is derived from "Kakigori", a popular ice snack from Japan. After the plantation era, Hawaii had took substantial inspiration from the Kakigori into the creation of "Shave ice", essentially syrup poured over what is finely crushed, or "shavings" of ice.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43950
United States
Kaneohe
SU
- medium: The sign is printed on a piece of wood that you hang in or outside of your home.
- domain: The context of the sign is using the phrase “E komo mai” to welcome someone into or to your home.
- audience: The sign is intended for people who are visiting one’s home, both local and nonlocal.
- function: The sign is trying to tell people that they are welcome at the place where this sign is hung.
- language: The language that is dominant on this sign is Hawaiian, “E komo mai” with a little bit of English, “Welcome”.
The phrase “E komo mai” means “Welcome” in Hawaiian.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
47790
United States
Fremont
Chochenyo (Muwekma Ohlone tribe), a California Native American language
59566
United States
Honolulu
Here we see Pidgin being used in a sign in a retail clothing store to educate probably tourists about where the beaches are and probably some locals who are not aware of where all the beaches are in Hawaii. This is accompanied by a drawing of a hula dancer which I’m not sure what the associated of hula and beaches are. The design is also drawn with a blackboard and chalk looking design to reinforce the education purpose of the sign.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
5295
United States
Broomfield
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5551
United States
Lincolnwood
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6319
United States
Waukegan
roadside sign for business
6831
United States
Ridge Farm
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7343
United States
Lincolnwood
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10159
United States
Tucson
Los Ponchos is a food truck that sells hot dogs. It is located on 1901 E. Ft. Lowell Rd. in front of Royal Car Wash and McDonald's. - Sofia Gil
17327
United States
Carrboro
Carrboro light post
43951
United States
Honolulu
SU
- medium: The sign is printed on a building located at Ward Village.
- domain: The context of the sign is that it is a dry cleaners that also washes and folds your clothes for you, making it aloha fresh.
- audience: The sign is intended for people who are passing by the area. It is intended for nonlocals and locals.
- function: The sign is trying to inform people that there is a dry cleaners located there in Ward Village.
- language: The language that is dominant on this sign is English, “Dry Cleaners” with a little Hawaiian, “Aloha”.
The word “aloha” means “hello, goodbye, love” in Hawaiian.
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