“You don’t know how happy this makes me,” I wrote a colleague after she casually sent me a link to a recent news story reporting that the U.S. Census Bureau now recognizes Hawaiian Pidgin English as a ...

MILILANI, Hawaii >> When Hawaii comedian Andy Bumatai was searching for a new way to attract the attention of audiences on the Internet, his wife suggested he find inspiration in something from the ...

Artist Harry Lyons drew Columbia Inn owner Tosh Kaneshiro wearing an “Ain’ no beeg t’ing” button. Kaneshiro was a Dodger fan, and the team struggled to win a World Series. In Hawaii, people from China ...

Portuguese influence contributes to why these Nigerian cities speak dope pidgin. Also called, ‘broken’, it is an English-based Creole that has been adopted as a pseudo-lingua franca or nationally ...

For the first time, the U.S. Census Bureau collected and released data about the extent of Hawaiian language and Hawaiian Pidgin spoken at home in Hawaii. The 2009-2013 American Community Survey, ...

Editor’s note: Starting today, West Hawaii Today will feature a biweekly column called “pidgin’ on da loose” by Wally “Kimo” Camp that will educate and entertain readers about Hawaii’s famous pidgin’ ...

It's not often that a broadcast interview by a diplomat wows listeners, but a recent conversation involving the American ambassador to Nigeria, James F. Entwistle, is causing a buzz – and winning ...

MILILANI, Hawaii — When Hawaii comedian Andy Bumatai was searching for a new way to attract the attention of audiences on the Internet, his wife suggested he find inspiration in something from the old ...

MILILANI, Hawaii (AP) — When Hawaii comedian Andy Bumatai was searching for a new way to attract the attention of audiences on the Internet, his wife suggested he find inspiration in something from ...