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Soon enough when you are on Kauai Hawaii you will realize the that locals intersperse the Hawaiian language in their English sentences and speak their own special dialect called Pidgin English or sometimes called, Broken English . It s even more common once you leave the main island of Oahu and head over to Kauai where it is more rural and there is the largest population of native Hawaiian speakers in the islands. Do not panic if at first or second you don t understand what is being said, just ask. Sorry I nevah catch what you been say .
Not unlike many areas around the world where colonization brought a stew of cultures together, out of necessity a need to communicate that could span several native tongues fan to fan sports tickets quickly developed. And just like a recipe that is constantly fiddled with, where the chef combines flavors famous in one culture to enrich  a traditional dish, so it is with Hawaiian Pidgin.
In the early 1800 s the off spring of the original missionaries to Hawaii became the entrepreneurs of this growing kingdom. They saw opportunities in the whaling and agricultural industries and realized that they required cheap labor from other countries to stoke the engines of capitalism. These laborers brought different language backgrounds to Hawaii, fan to fan sports tickets thus, Hawaiian Pidgin grew and acquired words from English, Chinese, Japanese, Fillipino, Portuguese, and Korean.
Linguists have classified Hawaiian Pidgin as a native Creole fan to fan sports tickets language and while not encouraged in a business protocol you can sometimes hear it in offices. Most people here in Kauai will speak Hawaiian Pidgin with friends, switching in and out of correct English as seamlessly as a car shifting gears.
We have compiled a small list of favorite words and phrases that will help our guests ease into this culture that we have embraced for the past 30 years. Our travel experience has taught us to pack 10-20 common words when we travel. We have found it is a great ice breaker and there are always helpful locals that will be impressed with your caring of their culture to attempt to speak their tongue. You will not say the word correctly, but its a great opener to start a conversation when they assist fan to fan sports tickets you in the pronunciation.
Aloha! I have lived on Kauai for 33 years where I have worked fan to fan sports tickets as an Agronomist for 17 years, owned an art gallery for 11 years and own a vacation rental for 17 years in the town of Poipu. I am a former Peace Corps volunteer fan to fan sports tickets and have been married since 1985.