Essay Archive - 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 probl....
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