LL-L "Language varieties" 2007.11.12 (09) [Hawaii Creole]

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From: Mike Morgan <mwmosaka at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2007.11.12 (03) [E/Hawaii Creole]

>  Yū wen rait:
> Da Big Kahuna wen rait:
> Yū wen skrū ap egen. Ai wen rait dat , brā !

Sorris, brah, no get all huhu. Get majorly faced ... agen!  Ai so
donchey, 'ass why. Jas tink him look skosh laik yu, la'dat. An' vice
versa. Da fam'ly rezemblanz maybe ... laik maybe calabalsh cuzinz? I
go spahk da pichaz hana hou ... leita, tumaro, bumbye; maybe  no mek A
nex' taim.

K-dens, pau fo now! Lataz ... Hawaiian time!


MWM

glossary:
'ass why = that is why
bumbye = later ... though never is also a possibility
calabash cuzinz = people who are not actual relatives but might as
well be (laik maybe ste friends from hanabata dayz!)
donchey = absent minded, spaced-out
get 8all) huhu = get mad
get faced = get proved wrong; get majorly faced = get proven wrong in a big
way
hana hou [from hawaiian] = one more time
Hawaaian time = same general idea as Asian time ... but maybe slower
K-dens = okay, then
la'dat = (or soemthing) like that
make A = embarrass oneself
pau = finished
skosh [from Japanese: 少し sukoshi] = a little bit
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