What makes you local?

[anapuni808]

Re: What makes you local?

and a big AMEN to that! No phrase books - I can just imagine it now..............some "visitor", in his Hilo Hattie matching shorts/shirt, white socks & sunburned knees, walking down the street with his book open, trying to talk to the "locals". Poor ting.

[Leo Lakio]

Re: What makes you local?

and a big AMEN to that! No phrase books - I can just imagine it now..............some "visitor", in his Hilo Hattie matching shorts/shirt, white socks & sunburned knees, walking down the street with his book open, trying to talk to the "locals". Poor ting.

"My hovercraft is full of eels."

[Bard]

Re: What makes you local?

"I will not buy this records, it is scratched."

[Leo Lakio]

Re: What makes you local?

"I will not buy this records, it is scratched."

"I will not buy this tobacconist's, it is scratched."

Oh, gawd - we ARE geeks...

[tikiyaki]

Re: What makes you local?

Even if you wen go Punahou???

hahahahahahahaha!! Das one good one!

I would say, if you understand why that is funny...You're local.

I'm not local, so I don't get it.

Locals, care to explain ?

[kimo55]

Re: What makes you local?

uuuhhhh.... no.

[tikiyaki]

Re: What makes you local?

Gee, what a friggin surpise

[kimo55]

Re: What makes you local?

um, no.
cuz our job ain't to answer queries like
Hey. whatchy'all talking about and why ya talk that way and whutsit mean?
this is Hawaii Threads.
You want the newbies chat room
http://www.hawaii.com/phpBB2/index.php
where you can say things like
those friggin people, they don't answer all my questions.

[tikiyaki]

Re: What makes you local?

um, no.
cuz our job ain't to answer queries like
Hey. whatchy'all talking about and why ya talk that way and whutsit mean?
this is Hawaii Threads.
You want the newbies chat room
http://www.hawaii.com/phpBB2/index.php
where you can say things like
those friggin people, they don't answer all my questions.

hee hee, Kimo, you're SO punk rock :-)

[kimo55]

Re: What makes you local?

yaki, ya can't expect people to splain our basic language here. i gave ya the answer ya may not wanna hear but what most would think in their heads.
HT is "let's talk story", Not "set up an HVB booth on Kalakaua".
It's like da gang hangin at happy hour. and someone comes up and sez;
"hey, what was that middle part with the strange inflection. and oh yea...why was that funny?"
jes tryin fo help you figgah da buggah outcheah!?

[cezanne]

Re: What makes you local?

You know you're local if you remember Bruce Carter was the original host of LGF and Hari was just his sidekick fish cutter guy from Tamashiro Market.

I've heard many say they couldn't stand Harry Kojima on Let's Go Fishing, but I actually really liked him. Probably because I grew up watching that show EVERY Sunday.. even taping episodes when I was away. I liked Harry's Kitchen too (right after Let's Go Fishing).

[oceanpacific]

Re: What makes you local?

You remove your footware (shoes/slippahs/sneakers/tabis/getas, etc. when you enter a private home, even if it's a haole house.

[tikiyaki]

Re: What makes you local?

yaki, ya can't expect people to splain our basic language here. i gave ya the answer ya may not wanna hear but what most would think in their heads.
HT is "let's talk story", Not "set up an HVB booth on Kalakaua".
It's like da gang hangin at happy hour. and someone comes up and sez;
"hey, what was that middle part with the strange inflection. and oh yea...why was that funny?"
jes tryin fo help you figgah da buggah outcheah!?

Well, it wasn't really a question about inflection or Pidgin, more about the School part....

as quoted by Mocha
"Yes, even Punahou students are local! My kids graduated from Punahou...they can't speak pidgin like I can but then I can turn it off and on! I mentioned this before but when the kids were young they couldn't understand any pidgin! There is a place for pidgin...local or not!"

No desire to learn Pidgin, have enough trouble with english. :-)

[kimo55]

Re: What makes you local?

You remove your footware when you enter a private home,

and even cringe when ya see steveo, danno and the boys (in h50) tromp into homes without removing their shoes.
or see character players in each ep. running in and out of their home without removeing da slippahz.
ugh. lends a very unreal feel to it.

[craigwatanabe]

Re: What makes you local?

I can but then I can turn it off and on! I mentioned this before but when the kids were young they couldn't understand any pidgin! There is a place for pidgin...local or not!"

No desire to learn Pidgin, have enough trouble with english. :-)

That brings up a great new thread...do you turn your pidgin off and then on or on and then off. Off and On or On and Off.

For me it's normally On then Off.

I think that would help define what makes you local.