Low-class Hawaii Pidgin English

[hokulocal93]

Hawaiians learn by influence, and our greatest influence was always, and will forever be America. All Hawai`i was dignified and educated with a British influence. It was not till we were introduced to America that we became what YOU say is uneducated. When you criticize Hawai`i, you criticize America, for we are merely a reflection of your teachings. There was no such thing as racism until Britain influence left, and American influence took over. You should think twice about what you accuse.

[hokulocal93]

I respect any language, for every language has it's own take on a unique culture. It's no wonder Americans always dump on everyone else all the time. I'd be irate too if I had no culture of my own and a language comprised of other languages. America is nothing but borrowed, failed culture you could not produce yourself. After all, English is just French prounounced badly. My apologies to the French that I was taught the low class version of such a beautiful language.

[hokulocal93]

Hahaha! I love when I see people say this is an uneducated language from Hawaiians. If you WERE educated AT ALL, then you would KNOW that Pidgin originates from the Chinese and the influx of immigration in Hawai`i. Hence, the obvious amount of Asians in the video. It was a means of communication, and as a bonus certain simple minded individuals could not understand it. It's more like a secret language that only ignorance could not understand. China, Japan, and Korea understand it.

[jonmark11]

making pidgin a language is just a way for dumb ass locals to get some college credit. Because then, they are gonna want to have this as a credited class in college. You guys are retarded. Learn a real language. Real languages are German, English, Spanish, Russian, Chinese.... not moke pidgin!

[tHeWasTeDYouTh]

Speaking of language, since when is pidgin English considered a bona-fide language? It’s considered an unofficial language of Hawaii; they have dictionaries, books, and even classes on how to speak it. To me, I just think the speaker is a completely illiterate imbecile when I hear it. Seriously, it makes a person sound like a complete moron when he can’t speak in complete sentences.

[FurrOciousBunny]

oh brah i goin lik this haole b4 he try take away da culture of da island

[101mahina]

@jonmark11 Just stating one thing. The only thing fucked up about Hawaii would be anything that America influenced. I'll hve you know that before our illegal annexation Hawaiian people were one of the most smartest and in shape people around. In fact, Hawaii was one of the first places in the WORLD to have electricity. So before you insult our state and people, you should really back yourself up with facts.

[tHeWasTeDYouTh]

@101mahina yeah right, OMFG you where a bunch of savages and I bet cannibals like the Maori

when the majority of the Hawaiians died of disease for being weak pussies the USA should have finished the 40,000 still left alive or shipped them to New Guinea to live like savages

I am in the army and going to be stationed in Hawaii for a year, I have heard nasty things about the native barbarians and this haole will fuck some shit up

[firedogvegas]

Really, low class/Hawaii.. Now we're just being redundant.

[ValeTudo01]

damn haole

[rachelkanahele]

What is this movie called???

[mrdreadeye808]

fak da mainland haoles! da loco ones ku but no can da mainland lahdat no can dat kine at all

[jonmark11]

@mrdreadeye808 wtf did you say? do you mean?, "fuck the mainland"haoles"!! the local ones are cool, but, I can't stand the mainlanders that are like that, I don't like those kinds of people at all."

[mrdreadeye808]

@jonmark11 haha close

[ThisVidSuxAss]

Ho dats my town.

[koreamoku]

Wot bada yu? Cheeehooo!

[kylecali]

i would love to kidnap that teacher and drop him in a area where he would get the crap beaten out of him for his stupidity.

[jonmark11]

@kylecali i don't think he's stupid, I think the people who speak pidgin are.....

[kylecali]

@jonmark11 go fuck yourself. people who speak pidgin are not stupid because oh how they speak. you are stupid because of how you judge someone one their appearances. asshole.

[jonmark11]

@kylecali most of you locals can't even speak hawaiian!! all you have to do is master one language, English, and you guys suck! you will never be able to get a job in the United States. No one in the U.S. takes you guys serious-worst school system, too. Just awful.

[kylecali]

@jonmark11 if you look at the history of hawaii, the western culture attempted to eradicate everything about the hawaiian culture including surfing. pidgin is just a dialect of english like southern american. our school system is just fine. just because our culture happens to be in the tropics doesn't mean we can't be taken seriously. it's people like you with prejudiced views that make the US hated throughout the world. come to hawaii and say what you think out loud. fuck you racist.

[jonmark11]

@kylecali- hahahahaha you're such a moke! acting like your shit dialect is legitimate. Honestly, a lot of tourist look down on you guys, they have the impression you guys are savages! can't speak English correctly, no manners, roads are fucked up....you guys suck! everything in Hawaii is half ass! it took you guys forever to build a bridge by Pearl Harbor. You guys are also fat and lazy!!

[carmie329]

@jonmark11 Look again... Most of the people in Hawaii are capable of speaking standard English and btw we are apart of the United States we've been apart of it since August of 1959. And most of the Locals here aren't even Hawaiian, people in Hawaii come from all parts of the world and have multiple ethnic backgrounds, so why master just ONE language where people in other parts of the world might not understand but instead master 2 Standard english and Pidgin english where other people might

[braddahg]

There's no way to stop speaking in your accent where your from. Even that haole teacher has an accent! As a teacher myself, I would speak pidgin with my students to build rapport. Although, I wouldn't teach in pidgin. Anywayz, dat teacha sucks bu! Braddah should nevah judge da sudent's futcha! Mistah Daambassz CHEE-HEEE!

[srita764]

and fuck this motherfucking haole!!!

[srita764]

Listen, I one haolefied local boy. I going school new york and i know how to switch from pidgin when im in the islands to standard english outside hawaii.so its important to know both. but you gotta seperate them bumbye you gonna get in trouble.dont say im not local. Im from Pearl City. everybody just has to know when the situation allows for loose local dialects like pidgin.

[lawowalker]

Pidgin English is not a low class dialect of English. It's just as good as any other language. I feel people from past generation do not understand this. It's hard to take for me as I speak both English and Nigerian Pidgin and I'm white. Nawooo....

[hawaiian96chence]

fukk dis haole teacher

if he no like how we talk den go back to da mainland simple as dat

i can speak perfect english but i speak moke all day erry day

[baozeng]

hey bro where's da next video bro,

[rawrrrcookies]

Where's da odda part?

[TevitaDiary]

oh me Ai Lai see dis movie!

[mokehaole]

i goin be what i like be an nobody betta say nuttin about it or i goin kill'um! lol i stay love this quote

[mokehaole]

Hahah one keke that like be one comdedian stay funny as shit

[Madhat]

and then later, because it's something different that built a wall, this teacher now wants to destroy because he doesn't understand it. I don't know that's basically it.

Choosing to speak pidgin really depends on the circumstances but I certainly do not agree of being ashamed, ridiculed or embarrassed because of the way I speak. A teacher shouldn't ever degrade their student like that, but nurture the culture and set guidelines delineating when and where it is appropriate to speak it.

[Madhat]

the native peoples language, Hawaiian, the businessmans language, English (American-Standard), and the laborers languages: Portuguese, Japanese, Tagalog, Korean, Cantonese, Okinawan etc. As time passed, and the children of these laborers adopted this pidgin-english language as a mother tongue and furthermore, as these children grew up to be a huge population that drove Hawaii's economy...I found it ironic that it was the haole, or the businessman that in a funny way gave birth to pidgin.

[Madhat]

@denisemarieotoole

Hawaii "Pidgin" english, otherwise known as Hawaiian Creole English [HCE] was cultivated by migrant workers that arrived in Hawaii during Hawaii's plantation era. It was a means of communication between peoples of different nationalities and different mother-tongues. The owners of the plantations were American-businessmen and found that the only way to communicate with these immigrants were through a combination of many languages. These include but are not limited to...

[denisemarieotoole]

"Hawaiians don't try to improve their English because they are too stupid or too lazy." This was explained to me by the Principal of Waimanalo when she hired me. By the way, she is the only honest Hawaiian I know!

[slappymcgroundout]

"The real world is outside of Hawaii as well. If you want money, if you want a good job, you need to be able to write in 'correct English' as well as mostly speak it."

Absolutely. The world pays top dollar to learn English. I understand where the language comes from and keep it alive if you feel the need, but for yourself and your children, learn to speak and write a more proper English. Painful to hear, but you go to Hawaii Kai and Makaha, and then tell me that the English doesn't matter.

[peruginil]

What? no rain in Hilo?

[blackshaboinka]

what's the name of this movie?

[olygeee]

@blackshaboinka it's called Fish Bowl. I remember seeing this on TV last year.

[munden1971]

So where is the rest of the video? It's interesting.

[notlitotes1]

Linguistic prejudice is alive and well, but it's so much more complicated than this video (and many of the comments) make it seem. I agree that Pidgin absolutely needs to be recognized. Are Haoles the only ones you see putting down Pidgin? No. I definitely think ALL of our teachers need education in the role, history, and structure of Pidgin. And for those of you putting down mainland teachers, until there are enough local people willing to step up and educate our keiki, no talk stink.

[OokaiulanioO]

Fucking ignorant haoles.

[pyrodion]

ehh popolo SHADDAP! we stio goin chru dat shet! atleast yoa history books tell shet about you guys.. you see any ACTUAL hawaiian history in all deez schools? NO why dey teach how faka Cook went come to hawaii and just chro his haole ass in.. and dat was hiz lass chrip! faka neva see dat hawaiian no kea food is food! EAT DAT FAKA! chea! the comparison here would be more like native american to hawaiian .. not black.. even that atleast they got something in compensation..

[pyrodion]

BRAH wego brok hiz face! fah kin haole! lowa class! bah go brok his nee kap! so he no hau fo see maka to maka!. den teo dat faka teecha "wat boddah yu faka?" faka haole take da land. take da language. hawaiian language was revamped numerous of times hawaiian is da only Polynesian descent that didnt get to keep anything. tink about dat!. all da odda kine get fo atleast keep dea language. but hawaiian is basically dead already. just survived in its little circle. VOTE FOA KILL HAOLE DAY in DA USA!

[OokaiulanioO]

@pyrodion LOL

[MsMLSKA]

for those asking..

this is a scene from the short film, "Fishbowl" dir. by the late Kayo Hatta and based on the book, "Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers" by Lois-Ann Yamanaka.

the book get plenny pidgin too!

[negrana]

@MsMLSKA In my opinion, one of the best readings assigned to us at UH Manoa in the 'Women Writers in Hawaii' course instructed by C. Fujikane. I recommend everyone to read it!

[xavierboy24]

This is great! A real comedy. If this were a T.V. show, I'd watch it! =)

[daniyellowjello]

What is this?

[deelhi]

where can I watch the full video?

[Madhat]

This video is funny because haoles actually were the ones that made pidgin, since they brought all the plantation workers, and now they tryna destroy it. you know why? cuz they losing their position on top, and they only can feel better by saying their way is the right way.

[Madhat]

you going upload the other parts or what?

[xavierboy24]

@Madhat, I was scrolling though the comments and your comment made me laugh hard, HAHAHAHA!!! I agree. I want to see the full version too.

[denisemarieotoole]

@Madhat Can you get someone to translate for you? I'm sure you are trying to make a point, but no one can understand you except other uneducated Hawaiian locals.

[dlix]

Any society that has not developed a bronze age should be wiped off the map. Fuck pidgen retards.

[h9stjarr]

@dlix you should read Guns Germs and Steel. Educate yourself.

[dlix]

@h9stjarr Yes, that book does confirm that Eurasians are more naturally fit humans thanks to their environment.

[h9stjarr]

@dlix except we aren't eurasians. We are part of Oceania. Just a few small islands that wish to be left to themselves. We have our own little corner of the world. I speak fluent Hawaiian Pidgin English and American English. This is not an indication of mental capacity. This is a social tool used amongst locals.

[dlix]

@h9stjarr I'm not saying you are Eurasian. There are thousands of remote islands you can be left alone on and live like your ancestors. That means giving up your internet and living on squid and coconuts.

[h9stjarr]

@dlix Wow. it's funny you don't know that Steve Case (He graduated from Punahou High School) was the CEO of AOL when it pioneered and popularized the use of the internet.

[dlix]

@h9stjarr Yeah, he is not ethnically oceanic. gg

[h9stjarr]

@dlix Oceania is a term reserved for geography, not ethnicity. And your statement seems to assume the fact that our struggle is purely race-based. It is not. There were many naturalized citizens of the Kingdom of Hawaii prior to the overthrow. They all held equal status, disregarding the monarchy. This is what the Hawaiian Sovereignty movement wishes to restore. Of course, trying to turn it into a race-based issue is a favorite pastime of opponents to this simple justice.

[dlix]

@h9stjarr "we aren't eurasians. We are part of Oceania."

hmm

[hawaiianstyleinjapan]

Cool video. I like the way it shows how prejudice the haole`s are. Haole`s have to learn that pidgin is a real language and not a low class language. If it was not for pidgin English, the haole`s would never know what the real Hawaiian are all about.

[assaly123]

i love this movieeeeeeeeeee

[TheNahina]

what the hell teacher, pidgin IS Hawaii's standard english 

[MonkeyJin777]

HA! How funny it would've been if those kind of teachers assigned those kids some Mark Twain! XD

[yochekeracho]

What a great video, pidgin english is such a disgusting language. It makes me ashamed to be from Hawaii when I hear people speaking it.

[MonkeyJin777]

@yochekeracho I bet that's what the British said to the natives of America. Including Hawaiians. So, they seperate their parents and force them to learn their ways, and not how they were brought up to be. I'm sorry, but I had to say to you that no one should ever be ashamed of their true identitiy that flows through their veins.

[mediadude4God]

What is "Standard English" if you look at it. American English is a subset of the Queens English and is therefore a creole. American english like Hawaiian pidgin has rules. Just because these rules were not made by a WHITE person doesn't make any less of a language. In a lot of ways Pidgin is more culturally friendly as it was made by immigrants. For example Karaoke is a Japanese word. Pidgin respects the culture it comes from and pronounces it correctly. Standard english pronounces it carryoki.

[MrOrencillo]

What did they say in 1:08??

[SamoanRoots]

@MrOrencillo PIDGIN : WHAT ? BODDAH YHU ? NO , BODDAH YHU ? WHAAT THE MAHU GIVIN YOU ONE MICHEAL JACKSON HAIR FOA HALLOWEEN OR WHAT ???

ENGLISH : what ? bother you ? no. bother you ? what ? the faggot is giving you a micheal jackson hairstyle for halloween or what?

[TheMailekinns]

Stupid fckin haole teacher! Like slap him in his ugly face!

[rubin808]

I don't understand why haoles don't like pidgin English. When I was on the mainland, everybody spoke Spanish and not English.

[Dakineiswhy]

fuckin haole teacher! SLAPS!!!

[ThinkKauai]

Whahhh brada, ackeen stupit? This shit WILL drive you nuts! And it's not the Hawaiians; it's the filipinos that think they're Hawaiians. Talk about speaking your MOTHER TONGUE, this is their mother tongue. No can Help.

[keanu1020]

they made the white teacher look so bad, I went to school in Hawaii and I wasn't like that at all. But it takes place in the 1970s, so maybe that is how it was. It just seemed a little dramatic.

[CleverStreetlights]

omg, when the popular girls took our their Japanese pencils it was like a flash back to my childhood XDDD (I was never allowed to hang out with the cool kids cause i never had japanese pencils)

what's the name of this movie? I never heard of it before.

[SPAMusubiHalau]

Ignorance...is only understanding one language, while the rest of the world understands more. Funny, how, in terms of mentality, not much has changed since the 1970's. Just because people act differently, doesn't mean they think differently...

[zoomaran]

I grew up in Hawaii. This video is exactly how it was when I attended public schools. A very well done video. Excellent points made by 75pono. Right on!

[lisapoet]

It's a STUPID PBS movie... total Hollywood bullshit.

[lolinternetslol]

You know, they used to just not even bother trying to pronounce anyone's names and just call you something else.

[75pono]

Linguistic prejudice is alive and well in Hawaii...especially on the Leeward side of O'ahu. Haole teachers from the continent, unaware and ignorant of local culture, local language....and don't care to learn. The Key is to acknowledge and validate the child's home language first, whether Filipino, Samoan, Pidgin, 'olelo Hawai'i. Validate, acknowledge....then we can talk about academic language and the importance of language in the workplace, in educational institutions, and at home.

[JazzAreCool]

@75pono You tellin me brudda, i'm ova hea in Utah and holy smokes the people ova hea are so unculturally diverse. They don't understand accents or traditions of others and its really annoying

[cristopher3890]

@75pono What do you mean by "Haole" ? If a teacher from the mainland (continent as you say) is brought to the islands to teach English they have no obligation to learn how to speak Pidgin...the ONLY acceptable dialect of English in the state of Hawaii. Lets not for get that Pidgin is a combination of Hawaiian, Samoan, Chinese, Japanese, Tagalog AND Illocano, good English, and bad English. Brah, 14 years I try fo get rid of da Pidgen accent, if you sound like dis nobady take you for reals.

[kingjamessolja]

@75pono shut da fawk up u faka...befoa i lick u...fakan haole

[kelisjunky]

Is this a movie? What is it called it looks interesting?

[larryh222]

the movie is "fishbowl" off of PBS

[TonyPstunts]

"Plantation games"?  Wow dude, thats the line.

[frankkalani]

whats this from? it was great!

those japhawaiians are so fine.

[mikado415]

Mr. Harvey was a jerk!

[zundey2000]

shes hawt ... sexy sweet hawain chicks

[Okolepookapants]

Anyone know if this is on DVD? I saw parts of it . " Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers " I read this part in the first few chapters. The book is a little different. Great book though

[Audiomuse]

It doesn't sound that bad..

When Black people talk "ghetto" it sounds way worse

[BigBlackWolf89]

Black children are treated like these hawaiian kids every day. African American Vernacular English is what the name implies just like Hawaiian Pidgin English. are creoles made up of different words and speech patterns of different languages. It is a distinct form of english

[75pono]

Absolutely agree w/you BBW89...in fact children who have any language difference from "English" are treated this way. The ignorance is that these teachers really do exist. And they themselves have no idea what "Standard English" is.  No one really speaks the Queen's English. There is no "standard". People from Texas sound very different and use very different vocabulary than people from Boston or New Jersey.The message is acceptance. Validate each kid's home language first!

[hawaiinicco1800]

@BigBlackWolf89 Ya but they're not black, so people care more.

[manof34holds]

This is Jon from California. Where can I watch the rest of this? Very good plot.

[aaapppeeelll]

Brah if was my school dat fucken haole teacher would be on da ground already. just because us hawaiians speak pidgin no mean we stupid and no can get job.Look how much homless haoles get in hawaii dat no can get job. so keep dat in mind haoles are more stupid den us remember dat!!!!

[Ackles4life]

dude, u know ur just lowering urself 2 their level. prove that ur smarter by being smarter. duh.

ps. born n raised in Hawaii, so no throw racist shit at me.

[Jikyua]

I can understand the teacher.. in a sense however I can't agree with his way of pushing the kids to learn 'English'. The real world is outside of Hawaii as well. If you want money, if you want a good job, you need to be able to write in 'correct English' as well as mostly speak it. I got no problem with pidgin, in fact, I love it and I like listening to people who speak thick kine, like the older generations.

[wildwahine1]

sad, it's like this foa real...good job.

[kamIVboy]

lo class? mo like no class ya. island steelas

[KayKayMusume]

... at 0:13 is that Ayaka Kimura?

[jokerman213]

Fucking haole teachers

[hawaiianryan15]

This is an excerpt from a film done by the late Kayo Hatta. The title of the film is "Fishbowl" (2005). Hatta was also the director of the award-winning "Picture Bride" (1994).

[RussX5Z]

This looks like a pretty good movie or short film. What's the title please! By the way those popular asian girls in this video are freakin HOT!!

[cashmoneyaction808]

fuck da haoles low class?

no undahstand i sweah

[cashmoneyaction808]

ho dis not hilo brah

dis stay in da north shore of oahu

dat place where he was talking to his fren in da back road when he said mill camp.

dats a place in waialua where im from

[rtperrett]

What movie is this? Where can I rent this?