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- medium: The sign is printed on a card.
- domain: The context of the sign is that it is two friends meeting each other but they smell something rotten and they use the Pidgin language to express what they’re thinking.
- audience: The sign is intended for the general public. Mainly only the locals would probably understand it and nonlocals would most likely have a harder time.
- function: The sign is trying to make the receiver of this card laugh and is used for entertainment purposes.
- language: The language that is dominant on this sign is Pidgin or HWC with a little English.
The phrase “Ey! Howzit!” is translated to “Hey, how are you?” of “Hey what’s going on?”. “Howzit” is a combination of the words “how”, “is”, and “it”. “Ho” is translated to “Woah” and “dat” is translated to “that”. The last sentence on the card, “You think it’s rotten mangos or what?” translates to “Do you think it’s rotten mangos?”.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
113331
United States
Saint Regis Falls
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51379
United States
Tucson
English
118195
NMHouser
United States
New Brunswick
Hungarian American Athletic Club, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, 233 Somerset Street $MultilingualNewJersey
MultilingualNewJersey
124339
Kendallyn
United States
Pascagoula
Spanish Dominant
Emblematic
SpanPasc
6324
United States
Waukegan
fake terrorism warning
6836
United States
Metcalf
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7348
United States
Lincolnwood
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10164
United States
Tucson
Se dice los tiempos cuando la "Sun-Link" viene en Español y en Ingles. Tiene los tiempos para la semana y la fin de semana. Molly C.
24756
United States
Tucson
Yo vivo en la Calle de Espana en Tucson, Arizona Estados Unidos.
Savannah R.
38580
United States
Aiea
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Multilingual Hawaiʻi
113332
United States
Saint Regis Falls
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51380
United States
Tucson
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124340
Kendallyn
United States
Pascagoula
Communicative
Spanish Dominant
SpanPasc
65204
United States
Penitas
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Letreros en el RGV
6325
United States
Waukegan
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6837
United States
Metcalf
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7349
United States
Lincolnwood
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10165
United States
Tucson
Hay un restaurante que se llama "Pollo Feliz." Se vende pollo con tortillas, frijoles, y salsa. -Natalia A.
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