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- Traci Tong
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- Location: Boston, MA
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- "Hawaiian Pidgin English"
- Summary: More than half of Hawaii's residents speak Pidgin - a combination of English, Hawaiian and Asian languages.
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Review of Hawaiian Pidgin English
Traci Tong
Posted on October 05, 2006 at 06:35 PM
If you've ever been to Hawaii and tried to figure out what those locals were saying -- this is the piece for you!
Fun montage from various Hawaii locals who give you a taste of the language.
It's a language that defines you, for the good and the bad.
What I loved hearing is that for the locals in the piece, there was no resentment at being told that they may be inferior to the "mainlanders." They took it in stride and found pride in speaking the language of the community.
The only constructive criticism that I have is that pacing might be too quick for the non-pidgin-english listeners.
Other than that, this would be a nice segment to run on a weekend or when there's a related story on languages.