I was born in Honolulu, grew up in Kakaako, went away to college and returned to work in the sugar industry for C. Brewer at the Hutchinson Sugar Company in Naalehu, Kau, Big Island of Hawaii.  So I spoke Pidgin English, referred to by some as Hawaii Creole.  Being away for four years at Stanford changed me so that I almost forgot local slang, but spoke English far better.  Working in the sugar industry on the Big Island and Kauai infused in me a different kind of Pidgin, which I retain today. According to Google AI, the three most popular Hawaiian pidgin words blending Hawaiian, English, Portuguese Japanese, Chinese and Filipino are: Da Kine: A universal placeholder word used to describe literally any object, action, or idea whose name you can't remember (similar to "whatchamacallit"). [ 1 , 2 , 3 ] Broke da Mouth: The ultimate compliment for a meal that is incredibly delicious. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ] Bumbai (or Bumbye): Translates to "by and by" or "lat...

I grew up using pidgin english, a special creole version mixing-up English, Hawaiian, Chinese and Japanese.  The latter two ethnicities were the earliest sugar workers from the mid-1880's.  Here is a 40-year old book,   Pidgin to da Max , by Douglas Simonson. If you're local, this form of conversation was necessary to fit-in to your neighborhood society.  I lived in Kakaako, where at least 90% of the occupants were Japanese.  Thus, our pidgin was somewhat different. Pidgin was a hindrance when you left for the mainland, for this variety of speech impediment labeled you as different, and probably inferior.  Hated speech, and was intimidated from saying much in classes at Stanford.  However, there was one course that was giving me the most trouble, Freshman English.  I got C's at best on my first two essays.  My speaking was not only tarnished, but this carried over into what I read and wrote.  My teacher called me in one day and inquired ...