Decoding Local Hawaiian Language Pidgin Words And Phrases In the nineteenth century, immigrants, Natives, and Caucasians had to find a way to communicate with one another on the Hawaiian plantations. A mix of bits and pieces of different languages were used, forming what is known as Pidgin English. It is still used in Hawai'i today. Note: (H) denotes it comes from Hawaiian; (J) from Japanese, and (E) from English. chicken skin goose bumps talk story talk with friends kau kau (H) meal ono (H) delicious cruise go/hang out with friends holo holo (H) go somewhere to hang out with friends or family slippas (E) flipflops grind eat bumbye later go for broke do something with every thing you have howzit brah? What's up? How are you doing? go bocha (E&J) Take a shower haole (H) Caucasian or foreigner all pau (E&H) all finished By Brandi Ann Tanaka. Reprinted with permission from Skipping Stones Magazine (www.efn.org/~skipping), Vol 12, no. 4. This website: Copyright © 2001 Studio Q Int'l Inc / Urban Mozaik Magazine. All rights reserved. This website/publication, in whole or in part, may not be reproduced without written permission from the publisher or the previous publisher of original republished materials.