Daynas pronunciation thread

[Kelena]

I think you prove my point: "Pidgin" is English. That's why we can understand it, although it is peppered with Hawaiian such as "pilikai". The point I would make is that Pidgin is NOT Hawaiian and is "local" only in the sense that it is a local variation of English. It is NOT Hawaiian. It is not even CLOSE to Hawaiian. On the plantations, English won out.

I want Hawaiian to win and to become a language again. If you speak "Pidgin" don't get too prideful: You are not speaking Hawaiian. You are speaking English.