Soooooo,
mom's side of the family is half hawaiian/half italian and my mom's a 3rd gen local from da island. dad's cajun from Florida, but thats a different story. This gave me what my local friends call me "Da Kama'aina Haole" nickname.
Anyways, i spent most of my summers on Oahu between school and although i never spoke Pidgin, ive always heard it from locals... and my mom when she calls home. SHE didnt want me to grow up speakin Pidgin, wanted proper talk, but i was raised in the South (Army dad, so half in Tennessee, high school in Georgia) so i got the southern accent... until i joined the AF, and now i talk proper to most ppl until i hear southern talk from country folk or pidgin from locals wherever im stationed, which hasnt been anywhere with locals until now.
Now im stationed out on Okinawa, Japan and its like a Japanese Hawaii here, plenty locals. So ever since my last trip to Oahu (last October) ive picked up Pidgin which seems to come quite easy to me since ive always heard it, but never could practice cause noone in the South speaks Pidgin obviously.
Im excited for my next trip in Mid-August back to Pearl City, gonna spend almost 3 weeks with as much family as i can link with while there. Not from Hawaii but i'll always defend and represent hawaii and show it as much love as it's always shown me... so that's my intro and open to interpretation. shootz
mom's side of the family is half hawaiian/half italian and my mom's a 3rd gen local from da island. dad's cajun from Florida, but thats a different story. This gave me what my local friends call me "Da Kama'aina Haole" nickname.
Anyways, i spent most of my summers on Oahu between school and although i never spoke Pidgin, ive always heard it from locals... and my mom when she calls home. SHE didnt want me to grow up speakin Pidgin, wanted proper talk, but i was raised in the South (Army dad, so half in Tennessee, high school in Georgia) so i got the southern accent... until i joined the AF, and now i talk proper to most ppl until i hear southern talk from country folk or pidgin from locals wherever im stationed, which hasnt been anywhere with locals until now.
Now im stationed out on Okinawa, Japan and its like a Japanese Hawaii here, plenty locals. So ever since my last trip to Oahu (last October) ive picked up Pidgin which seems to come quite easy to me since ive always heard it, but never could practice cause noone in the South speaks Pidgin obviously.
Im excited for my next trip in Mid-August back to Pearl City, gonna spend almost 3 weeks with as much family as i can link with while there. Not from Hawaii but i'll always defend and represent hawaii and show it as much love as it's always shown me... so that's my intro and open to interpretation. shootz
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