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  • #76
    Re: Post that pidgin vernacular from your island!

    Other pidgin expressions that make visitors go "huh????"

    "Stay go" as in "I stay go. You going come too?" Or, conversely, "you going stay?"
    "bambucha" or "bumboolah"
    "ass why hahd"
    people on Oahu say "no?" at the end of sentences. People on Maui say "yeah?" at the end of sentences, as in "you coming too, no?"
    "karang da alas" (ouch!)
    "Habut face" (pouting)

    Miulang
    "Americans believe in three freedoms. Freedom of speech; freedom of religion; and the freedom to deny the other two to folks they don`t like.” --Mark Twain

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    • #77
      Re: Post that pidgin vernacular from your island!

      Originally posted by oceanpacific
      Also, to "CLOSE THE LIGHT" or "CLOSE THE TV" = "switch off", Then "P-YOU" the match (put it out), "P-YOU" the light (switch it off)
      Actually we say pio like in ho'opio, but sound like you saying p-you because wit pidgin we no say um rite no.

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      • #78
        Re: Post that pidgin vernacular from your island!

        Originally posted by D'Alani
        Actually we say pio like in ho'opio, but sound like you saying p-you because wit pidgin we no say um rite no.
        Yeah, it's a dialectical difference between the islands. Plus, some won't know how to pronounce "pio" (they might say "PIE-OH" instead of sort of running the "i" and "o" together). Pronouncing it "pew" leaves the inflection a bit short.

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        • #79
          Re: Post that pidgin vernacular from your island!

          Does stink eye count?

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          • #80
            Re: Post that pidgin vernacular from your island!

            Originally posted by Miulang
            people on Oahu say "no?" at the end of sentences.
            Umm... no. They don't.

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            • #81
              Re: Post that pidgin vernacular from your island!

              "Lose money!" = what a waste of time, or similar

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              • #82
                Re: Post that pidgin vernacular from your island!

                Originally posted by Palolo Joe
                Umm... no. They don't.
                My cuz's who live in Honolulu say that all the time! And they live in Kailua, Manoa, around Punchbowl...

                Miulang
                "Americans believe in three freedoms. Freedom of speech; freedom of religion; and the freedom to deny the other two to folks they don`t like.” --Mark Twain

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                • #83
                  Re: Post that pidgin vernacular from your island!

                  "I like..."

                  seems to be more of a local thing...

                  ie;

                  "I like see"... Instead of a more propper version of "May I please see that"

                  (or is this just poor parenting?)

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                  • #84
                    Re: Post that pidgin vernacular from your island!

                    Originally posted by Miulang
                    My cuz's who live in Honolulu say that all the time! And they live in Kailua, Manoa, around Punchbowl...
                    Erm. Are they Bulgarian mobsters? The "no" thing sounds more of a European construct than pidgin. I mean, you can hear it at the end of, "That's a big house, no?" But not so much, "Big da house, no?" Except when doing some kind of bizarre Russian-Japanese impression or something.

                    I can see, maybe, it being some weird adaptation of the "ka" suffix in Japanese, but I figure the more likely result would be "ne" not "no."

                    Sure, pidgin can be just about anything, and individual families probably have all kinds of weird quirks (which I suspect this is). But I'm pretty sure you won't find your "no" assertion in "Pidgin to da Max" or a Lee Tonouchi book.

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                    • #85
                      Re: Post that pidgin vernacular from your island!

                      aaahhhpau.

                      pax

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                      • #86
                        Re: Post that pidgin vernacular from your island!

                        "Can or no can. No such ting as try" - Yoda (local version) lol

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                        • #87
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                          Choice Brah!
                          Life is either an adventure... or you're not doing it right!!!

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                          • #88
                            Re: Post that pidgin vernacular from your island!

                            Originally posted by Menehune Man
                            Choice Brah!

                            I agree..................

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                            • #89
                              Re: Post that pidgin vernacular from your island!

                              When we stay for go dakine's li'dat?!
                              Life is either an adventure... or you're not doing it right!!!

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                              • #90
                                Re: Post that pidgin vernacular from your island!

                                wen i steh all pau li dat wit da kine stuffs li dat, we steh goin, cuz.
                                cuz on da MaiTai cat, da buggah steh goin!

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