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.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
5294
United States
Broomfield
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6318
United States
Waukegan
sign for strip mall
6830
United States
Ridge Farm
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7342
United States
Lincolnwood
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15278
United States
Orlando
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17326
United States
Chapel Hill
Chin ease restaurant
24750
United States
Tucson
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
113326
United States
Lake Placid
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124334
United States
Pascagoula
Emblematic
English Dominant
SpanPasc
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.
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