MILILANI, Hawaii (AP) -- When Hawaii comedian Andy Bumatai was searching for a new way to attract the attention of audiences on the Internet, his wife suggested he find inspiration in something from ...

Above, one of the first local comedy albums was Kent Bowman’s “Pidgin English Children’s Stories” in 1961. Above, Douglas Simonson’s “Pidgin to Da Max” comic-­style book sold an astounding 25,000 ...

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 ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - “Da one in charge take kea his peopo, one David kine song fo God,” Pastor Earl Morihara said, reading from a new pidgin version of the complete Bible. “Most people ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — There are more than 7,100 languages spoken around the world with a variety of dialects and accents that make each region unique. In America, there are more than 30 dialects. From ...

Gunfunnit! I tink so I stay stuck insai one pidgin hole! Nah, only joke. I jes’ wanted fo’ use da pigeonhole pun. Like most locals of my generation, I grew up bilingual, learning standard English and ...

KAHULUI — The Maui Police Department is using Hawaii’s creole language and some humor to get motorists to slow down, with signs like, “Eh slow down. No drive like one clown.” Traffic Commander Lt.

Hanging out on the beach offering surfboard rides and outrigger canoe trips to tourists to support their modest surfing lifestyle, Waikiki beachboys were a phenomenon from the 1930s. They developed ...

MILILANI, Hawaii (AP) — When Hawaii comedian Andy Bumatai was searching for a new way to attract the attention of audiences on the Internet, his wife suggested he find inspiration in something from ...