EL-S Check up #2: Pidgin is being used on the card. All of the words are the same font and same size. The audience is those who are thinking of getting a family or friend a card for celebration. The domain is the general public. The card is just telling you some jokes, like you act crazy or shake your butt. Pidgin is used here to add topical humor.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
25092
United States
Honolulu
Birthday card at longs drugs. Symbolic authentic. J.A.S
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
42500
United States
Kailua
SM
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
42501
United States
Kailua
SM
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
37638
United States
Honolulu
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Multilingual Hawaiʻi
42502
United States
Kailua
SM
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
24839
United States
Honolulu
This is the design on a T-Shirt. Shaka Bruddah is Pidgin (Hawaiʻi Creole). Shaka refers to a hand sign popular in local Hawaiʻi which has multiple meanings, some of which are ‘thanks’ ‘hello’ ‘goodbye’ while Bruddah is roughly equivalent to English ‘brother’ as a term of endearment. The English translation for Shaka is ‘hang loose’ which is provided on the shirt design. The Hawaiian Islands are located above the Shaka which is flanked by two coconut trees. The bottom contains the words Aloha and Hawaii. This shirt seems to be meant for outsiders making the T-shirt symbolic-synthetic because ‘hang loose’ is not commonly used by locals but rather is used more by the surfer community in the continental US. KS
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