Hawaii’s Lee Tonouchi is an accomplished author, playwright and poet who utilizes pidgin to communicate everything.

Artist Harry Lyons drew Columbia Inn owner Tosh Kaneshiro wearing an “Ain’ no beeg t’ing” button. Kaneshiro was a Dodger fan, and the team struggled to win a World Series. In Hawaii, people from China ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HONOLULU (KHON2) — Travel to Hawaii is ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — You may not notice it, you may not speak it, you may not understand it but make no mistakes about it, Hawaiiʻs pidgin accent is tops in the U.S. Get Hawaii’s latest morning news ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Ever consider the island style way of speaking ‘sexy’? You know, the dropped R’s in pidgin as in “Run 'em haaaahd” (run it hard), or the soft subtle way vowels are ...

HONOLULU — A Hawaii pidgin adjective for the phrase “messed up” has been listed in the Oxford English Dictionary. Hammajang is defined as “in a disorderly or shambolic state.” The dictionary notes the ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Travel to Hawaii is expected to get busier in the coming months after the state dropped its indoor mask mandate and Safe Travels Hawaii program for domestic Trans-Pacific travelers.

HONOLULU (AP) - A Hawaii pidgin adjective for the phrase “messed up” has been listed in the Oxford English Dictionary. The word hammajang was among the more than 600 new words and phrases added to the ...