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The Hawaii Traveler

Archive for the ‘Sound Like a Local - Local "Speak"’ Category

July 11th, 2008

The Origins of LOLspeak

If you’re new to the Internet–or not–you’ve probably wondered what’s with the propensity of some folks to post images of cats (aka, LOLcats) or similar animals accompanied by superimposed, slangy, misspelled captions. One of the cornerstone captions of this phenomenon, called LOLspeak, is I Can Has Cheezburger? (or ICHC for short).
ICHC is also […]

By Jody Reale -- 1 comment

June 21st, 2008

“Pidgin:” It’s Not a Hawaiian Bird

You’ve no doubt at least heard the word pidgin or pidgin-English in an island context, and if you were without the luxuries of Google at the time, you may have deduced that the conversation referred to some kind of bird.
Actually pidgin is an informal hybrid language; one simplified language that has risen from one or […]

By Jody Reale -- 1 comment

May 24th, 2008

“Talk Story” or Fuggetaboutit

The first thing my husband, a New Yorker by birth, noticed about island travel was the time difference. I’m not talking about the Pacific time zone, the number of hours you deduct from your watch when you step off the plane. I’m referring to the different way that the concept of time is […]

By Jody Reale -- 0 comments

April 27th, 2008

All Those Apostrophes: A Crash Course in Hawaiian

At the corner of Hoohu and Pee
Photo by Flickr–Joe Schlabotnik

Either it has happened to you, or it will: You’re driving somewhere in Hawai’i, and are either holding a map or your companion in the passenger seat is. “Where am I supposed to turn?” you want to know. The next words uttered by your […]

By Jody Reale -- 1 comment