
This sign, on a quiet back road, is a bit of Hawaiian pidgin, a local version of English that is still widely used. Not too hard to figure out what this sign means.
This sign, on a quiet back road, is a bit of Hawaiian pidgin, a local version of English that is still widely used. Not too hard to figure out what this sign means.
Love the sentiment. Reminds me of a salsa teacher who would always say ”poco a poco”. It just sounds so relaxed
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Pidgin is a fairly relaxed language, though I have a hard time following a lot of it.
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As Captain Hector Barbossa says “It’s more of a suggestion than a rule.”
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I had to look up the name. I saw the first film but none of the follow ups. It’s definitely just a suggestion though.
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As an English teacher, this would drive me absolutely crazy 😉
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You wouldn’t like pidgin then. It definitely doesn’t follow the rules!
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