Post #405900 by lanikai on Thu, Sep 4, 2008 3:08 AM

On 2008-09-02 02:46, retry wrote: I'm a recent immigrant to HI from SF and been a user of http://www.yelp.com/ for many years. I found a fairly vibrant yelp community in HI and have been using it for its intended purpose. Mr. St. James has been fronting on the talk threads there for a long time and giving me a lot of crap.
He also talks pidgin a lot, but now I think he only speaks 'internet' pidgin after watching those youtube vids.

First thing ya gotta know; don't come on like gangbusters to a local Hawaii chat room dissin everything and everyone. I wasn't the only one givin ya grief. In fact you got called on da carpet by a girl. She bitchslapped ya and called ya a well deserved name after your relentless gittin up on erryone's ass fer no reason. Supwidat, boy!? I just gave ya a bit of the newbie hazin ritual. Which I apologized for as, yea, it may have been ruff. Or didn't show much of that "aloha spirit" that so many haoles demand. (and don't even start on the "oh dear me; he called me haole and it's a racial slur" boosheeyit. Haole is a foreigner to the islands. It's also an attitude. That islanders carry much disdain for.
It don't sit well to ass ume and judge how and why the way some people talk pidgin when and where. Or how long they been in da islands or not. Or to what degree they know and love Hawaiian culture. Same damned haole m.o. ; judge, complain, insult, diss, and assume... "I bet this..." "no doubt that..." "he probably this.." "most likely that..."
Don't start trouble. chill out. Learn sumpin. I know I did when I got pissy here on TC. Yer in Hawaii now. aole pilikia. K den.

malama ki'i kahiko

[ Edited by: lanikai 2008-09-04 03:16 ]

[ Edited by: lanikai 2008-09-04 12:40 ]