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  • A Pidgin Thread

    How about expressing some thoughts in Pidgin? A question, is it true there is a movement to save Pidgin? Nice.

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    I think the creator of LOLcatz was trying to incorporate a loosely based form of Pidgin into their work.
    I remember a newspaper I delivered around Schofield Barracks between 80-82 that had a small piece of teaching pidgin in it. My brother had cut a bunch of them out and put them in a photo album but it disappeared. I know that came from the book they have or the book came from it, one of the two, called Pidgin to DA Max! http://books.google.com/books/about/...d=QAcJSXpYoucC

    Personally, I wen tink it be hard to type lidat!
    If anyone on Oahu is NOT happy , feel free to trade places with me.

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      I have quite a few Chefs now that say "ono", and "broke my mouth". . . . oh, and "duck Soup" for when something is super easy. I am not sure how authentic Pidgin it is for all Hawaii natives, but I LOVED the new set of kitchen slang I learned working on Oahu.

      I still love: Nadda badda me, why bodda you??
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        Re: A Pidgin Thread

        If authenticism (is that a word, LOL!) can be based on how long it has been around, I would say it's as good as Big Red considering it was there when we arrived in 79 and likely there long before that.
        I have only come across one pic of my brother post Hawaii, that he wasn't flashing the Hang Loose sign that I had put on his tombstone and I will always hear the way he said "waz up seesta!!?" when we saw each other.
        If anyone on Oahu is NOT happy , feel free to trade places with me.

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        • #5
          Re: A Pidgin Thread

          How much you like bet?

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            Eh, you like I broke you face?
            Now run along and play, but don’t get into trouble.

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            • #7
              Re: A Pidgin Thread

              No wash wash, smell like squash. Da buggah really kusai.

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              • #8
                Re: A Pidgin Thread

                Originally posted by TATTRAT View Post
                I have quite a few Chefs now that say "ono", and "broke my mouth". . . .

                I still love: Nadda badda me, why bodda you??
                Someone should 'splain the meaning of "ono" and "broke my mouth". I've seen people write that in forums, before, and have yet to figure out what either of them mean....
                "In the end, only kindness matters."

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                  Originally posted by Irish View Post
                  Someone should 'splain the meaning of "ono" and "broke my mouth". I've seen people write that in forums, before, and have yet to figure out what either of them mean....
                  Ono = tastes good
                  Broke da mouth = tastes really good
                  Now run along and play, but don’t get into trouble.

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                    Re: A Pidgin Thread

                    Originally posted by Amati View Post
                    Ono = tastes good
                    Broke da mouth = tastes really good
                    Thank you! I love the "broke da mouth" for tasting delicious, especially .
                    "In the end, only kindness matters."

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                      Originally posted by Amati View Post
                      Ono = tastes good
                      Broke da mouth = tastes really good
                      I geus too, we could throw in da kine, whooooo cuz, dats da kine!
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                      Date: 9/04/2007
                      Subject: stop

                      knock it off, all of you

                      seriously, what the hell


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                        Re: A Pidgin Thread

                        Hey, no scared.

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                        • #13
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                          Originally posted by Walkoff Balk View Post
                          Hey, no scared.
                          Bradda, you mean skade?
                          Be Yourself. Everyone Else Is Taken!
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                          Kaʻonohiʻulaʻokahōkūmiomioʻehiku
                          Spreading the virus of ALOHA.
                          Oh Chu. If only you could have seen what I've seen, with your eyes.

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                            Originally posted by Kaonohi View Post
                            Bradda, you mean skade?
                            Skade is the right spelling and pronunciation. But, some readers might get confused when you goggle "skade", and it's has a different meaning. You have to type in skade-pidgin to find it.

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                              Re: A Pidgin Thread

                              The word shaka have a lot of different meaning depending how you use it.

                              shaka cah...nice looking car
                              shaka eye...sharpshooter as in agates.
                              shaka laka....good looking
                              shaka as in hang loose...a slogan Mayor Fasi made up as in the "shaka"sign

                              The shaka sign as it is known now used to be a silent Howsit...we used to flash it with our arms on our side and a flip of the wrist.


                              Ehtay as in mahu like

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