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Re: An' Den
Originally posted by DaFerret
Originally posted by DaFerret
Write as you like as long as it's not smohtineg lkie tihs, baescue it hrtus lkie hcek. 
oH aNd sTiCky CaPs dEsErVeS sLaPs. 
No wrroy, I not giong be taht insnensitvie!
But you know what? Mr. Ferret?
I get one of those!
Try Look
Dis our baby.. her name is Niele!
Kewt yeah?
So, das what you look like in person?
*hee hee*
) Anyways here what I like say Like everyone else when I was growing up I was not allowed for speak pidgin. If I did sometimes I got da slippah, and sometimes I got my mouth washed out with soap. A lot of times I got both! My mom is was a school teacher, and she never stopped telling us kids to always speak perfect english, cause that's the only way you will get ahead. So I grew up speaking for the most part standard english. I have been away from Hawaii for close to 20 yrs now, and I never really missed home. I would go back for visit every 3-4 yrs, and visit with family and friends but it was never really a big deal for me. Then one day about three years ago I woke up with the worst case of homesickness. A friend of mine whom I've known sice my Hanabuttah days also lives her in San Diego was feeling the homesickness too ( he's one haole boy, but as local as can be!)Since then he and I have been on a search for people and things connected to da Aina for ease with the homesickness. Then recently I happend upon Alohaworld and da Lanai (Excuse yeah cause what I'm going to say can be fully expressed in pidgin) Ho afta the introductions on da lanai da homesickness one melt away like you would not believe Da Aloha that I one get was awesome! If you guys get chance you should read da post dat Mokihana one write about the 10th island of Hawaii. I had finally found one place where people of like Minds came together for talk stories and support each other. It really helped with the homesickness. And da Pidgin was a big part of it. Everyday now I go home laughing. Da homesickness is still there, but now it is eased by the awesome people I have gotten to know. When this site was introduced to us, I one go check em out, and I was hesitate for join, cause all you guys in hea was talking only in perfect english I didn't know if I would be welcome. But then I one read this thread, and had for say something. To me talking in pidgin represents more of a state of mind and a way of life then just a form of language Kinda like what Aloha is supposed to mean. I am a single parent, and I miss the since of Ohana that I grew up with back in the aina that I don't see here on the mainland. So I teach my son pidgin along with english so that when we go back to visit family and friends he has stronger connection to the islands that I miss so much. Ok den I pau for now. But I like say Hui Aunty Izzie come back inside hea for talk stories with the ohana inside hea! going be only good fun I promise! Besides Lurkah stay inside here too, and you know how kolohe dat bugga is If you no come back who going be around for dicipline him with da slipph when he act up!? 
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