"As Pidgin constantly evolves and as more words are created, Tonouchi hopes to perpetuate Pidgin so that a lot of the older vocabularies aren't lost. They also include the names for those contributing each word as well wea an what yea dey wen grad information. "A successor of sorts to the Pidgin To Da Max series of the 1980s, the book contains about 360 pidgin words, their meaning, sentences, using the words, and when relevant, word origins. If you don't understand or don't relate to what I just wrote you need a copy of Lee Tonouchi's Da Kine Dictionary." - West Hawaii Today I wen learn you gotta no bote Pidgin an good kine english for survive in Hawaii. Impossible for stay grumpy wen read em lidat." -Honolulu Star-Bulletin Tonouchi picks some whack kine phrases and the overall mood is pretty funny. "Here's a glossy new-century update that shows pidgin is still thriving and capable of being analyzed. The result is this illustrated collection, which also reveals where and when contributors wen grad. Because Pidgin is constantly evolving, Da Pidgin Guerrilla asked people in Hawaii and beyond to contribute their favorite Pidgin words with definitions, sentences and origins.
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