When local comedian Andy Bumatai was searching for a new way to attract the attention of audiences on the Internet, his wife suggested he find inspiration in something from the old days: Pidgin, the ...
Until about a decade ago, visitors to Hawaii were often confused by the pidgin spoken by “locals” (residents). It”s possible they felt they were in a foreign country. Hawaiian pidgin evolved during ...
“You don’t know how happy this makes me,” I wrote a colleague after she casually sent me a link to a recent news story reporting that the U.S. Census Bureau now recognizes Hawaiian Pidgin English as a ...
MILILANI, Hawaii — When Hawaii comedian Andy Bumatai was searching for a new way to attract the attention of audiences on the Internet, his wife suggested he find inspiration in something from the old ...