Good to be Home

There’s a special thing about Hawaii’s local people. They are proud of their local “pidgin” language. Pidgin, not the bird, is dedicated to those who want to feel the essence of true Hawaii. Pidgin in Hawaii is a sort of Hawaiian Slang-lish. It is peppered with Hawaiian words. For a mainlander it can be a real challenge to understand, but for those who live here, it is a part of island life.

Living in the mainland for so long, I felt fake trying to speak it to the locals. I felt some weird superficial transcluncency occurring. Anyway, I’m trying to convince Shane to speak pidgin at Alamo car rental so the woman would upgrade us no problem. Shane pointed the trigger to me. You should do it. Your from here. So I proceeded, “eh, how much cust fo upgrade to one suv?” The customer service woman knew right away, she had a live one. She smiled and offered, us the top suv onhand for an extra twenty bucks. Score! I responded, “oh, we go take’m den.” I was in. It was a homerun.

It was good to be home on the island.