SU: Check up #2
- What languages are used on the sign?: The language that is used on this sign is Hawaiian.
- How are the languages presented?:
The word “Hele” is presented in big font in all capital letters in the color white. It is presented but because it is the name of the gas station.
- Who is the audience?:
The audience is is for the general public but I think it was mainly for locals.
- What is the domain?:
The domain is at a workplace (gas station).
- What is the sign trying to tell people?:
The word “Hele” means go in Hawaiian. So I think the gas station is named “Hele” because people go there to get gas so that they can go and continue on with their journey.
- Why is Hawaiian being used here?:
Hawaiian is being used here because it is appropriate being on Hawaiian lands. It also catches the attention of the locals and nonlocals that drive past this sign.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
46540
United States
Honolulu
(SP)(check in #3) this photo has both Pidgin and English in it, but I want to use it as a Pidgin photo. This is a non-permanent advertisement found in a city bus in Honolulu, in the domain of transportation/advertising. The brightest, most eye catching section of the ad is in Pidgin (talk story). The Pidgin, when combined with the Hawaiian word and topic of the ad, was clearly made for Locals who understand Pidgin/Hawaiian and have an interest in Hawaiian cultural activities. English is in smaller letters with the instructions to access these stories, so that anyone, Local or non-local, will be able to access them. The topic of this poster is about working passionately to keep Hawaiian culture and story telling alive, hence the use of the Hawaiian word for triumph and the fiery red color.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
113356
United States
Ithaca
Ithaca, NY
114380
United States
Saranac Lake
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115916
United States
Saranac Lake
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65997
United States
Rio Grande City
I found this bilingual sign at Walmart(:
Letreros en el RGV
3277
United States
Benicia
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6349
United States
Chicago
advertising on L platform
22221
United States
Peabody
#street-art
24781
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Tucson
Esta calle se llama Santa Rita Ave. Aparte de Elm Street.
30925
United States
Lorain
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Lewis_Lorain
43981
United States
Grove City
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46541
United States
Haleiwa
(SP)(check in #3) this is a photo of a permanent wooden sign outside of a children’s clothing shop, in the domain of commodification. This store sells clothes branded around the Hawaiian aesthetic and language, so it makes sense that they used a Hawaiian word in their name, along with the aesthetic of straw hats, hula skirts, and leis. It is a pretty expensive store, so it is likely more popular among tourist in the area; they hang have uses Hawaiian in the name/on their sign to make the shop feel more authentically Hawaiian to tourists and Locals alike, though likely more towards tourists since they used a pretty well known, easy to figure out Hawaiian word. Tourists may see that sign and want to buy clothes to make their children feel less like normal kids and more like special little “keiki” who got to visit Hawai'i.
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