Hawaiian English

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Hawaiian English is the dialect of American English in the US state of Hawaii . It is largely identical to American English, with the difference that words from the Hawaiian language and Hawaiian Creole English are adopted.

Examples are: "ala-alas" (testicles), "Aloha Friday" ( casual Friday ), "aloha shirt" (Hawaiian shirt), "this soup broke da mouth" (this soup was especially delicious), "buddahead" (pejorative , a person from Japan or with Japanese roots), "bumbai" ( by and by , finally), "howzit" (how are you), "rajah dat" ( roger that , agree), "wagon" ( shopping cart ) .

Directional information is not given in compass directions, but with prominent targets, e.g. B .: "Go ewa one block, turn makai at the traffic light, go two blocks Diamond Head , and you'll find the place on the mauka side of the street" (Go one block towards Ewa Beach, at the traffic lights towards the sea , after two blocks towards Diamond Head, the destination is on the side of the road facing the mountains).

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