Different languages showed around the neighborhood.
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Chicago
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6717
United States
Westville
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United States
Portsmouth
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Tucson
Este letrero es en frente a una iglesia en la ciudad de Tucson.
Sandra A.
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Pearl City
Birthday card. Symbolic synthetic. Full of pidgin first part. Formal English second part. JAS
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
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Tucson
Esta restaurante tiene muy buena carne asada. - Cynthia A.
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Honolulu
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Multilingual Hawaiʻi
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Honolulu
here pidgin is used by the Jawaiian band to relate more to the people
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
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Kaneohe
SU: Check Up #3
- What languages are used on the sign?:
The languages that are used on the sign are Hawai’i Creole or Pidgin and English.
- How is the language presented?:
Both languages are presented in colorful and upper case letters but I think the Pidgin word “braddah” is the most colorful on the sign and has the least amount of grey letters.
- Who is the audience?:
The audience is the general public, but would probably be more directed towards locals.
- What is the domain?:
The domain is on an example card for a T-shirt in the T&C store at Windward Mall.
- What is the sign telling people?:
The phrase in the sign is a common way people in Hawai’i explain how they know someone, to someone else. In this case the person that they’re talking about would probably be their grandma’s, brother’s, cousin’s friend.
- Why is Pidgin/Hawaiian being used here?:
Pidgin is being used here because it is a unique and intriguing way to make a shirt and it is also appropriate since the people in this island commonly use this type of language.
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