Pidgin: Dialect Of English Spoken On The Hawaiian Islands

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Pidgin: Dialect of English Spoken on the Hawaiian Islands

Pidgin: Dialect of English Spoken on the Hawaiian Islands

    Pidgin is a dialect of English spoken in the Hawaiian Islands. It
consists of the shortening of many words commonly used in everyday English
speech. Some examples include, da (the), odda (other), Tre (meaning tree and
three), bra (anyone you know), da kine (anything you don't know), cus (any
friend), and many others. Pidgin has it's social barriers as well. It is
primarily spoken in the lower class neighborhoods consisting of the Hawaiians
and the Filipinos. The dialect has been associated with the members of these
neighborhoods and their problems, such as, alcoholism, illiteracy, and a poor
standard of living. I come from a diverse family background, my mother is
Scottish, English, Italian, French, and much more. My father is part Hawaiian
and part Scottish. Being such I have to choose which lifestyle is right for me.
There is a tug-a-war between the Hawaiian part of me and the Haole part of me.
The two cultures that I consider myself, Scottish and Hawaiian, are both proud,
interesting, and contain their own prescriptions toward behavior. The pidgin
dialect is a major part of life in the lower class Hawaiian neighborhoods. For
most children in these neighborhoods it is the language spoken at home. The
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