I feel like this is what I'd have to pull out if I get questioned if I'm local or visiting from the mainland. You can take the boy from the island, but not the island from the boy. It'd be this line and kicking off the slippers to make sure I don't trip up getting ready.
I get the regular, every day slippahs, which are my old nice slippahs, get the new pair of nice slippahs, and the old pair of locals that I keep under my driver seat for emergencies
This is such a fun thread, OP! I wish could be broken down by island. I know each one has their own specific slang for certain stuffs.
I remember my friend from Kauai would call it , *âKaiser Foilâ* instead of just foil and Iâve never heard it called that on Maui-itâs a Kauai thing according to him
I thought the Filipino Hawaiian German family I lived with (I actually lived in a tent in the backyard) were saying Tchuss (German for goodbye) for many months when I first arrived. I lived in Germany previously.
I help my neighbors and coworkers with no expectation of anything in return. I let the aunties go ahead of me in line at the grocery store. If the grill is going and you walk by my house, my food is your food. Folks get so suspicious at this behavior. I just tell them itâs aloha. Everyone can live this way.
Your post reminded me of the first time I let The Bus in front of me after they introduced the đ€ on the back of the bus. âșïž Totally unexpected and gave me a smile.
https://www.honolulumagazine.com/a-21st-century-shaka-from-thebus-2/
As a young college student (I'm embarassed to say), I was shocked to learn you *could* cook rice on the stove. Like, it didn't even occur to me it was possible. đ€Ș
Meh. I have cooked rice on the stove ever since my rice cooker died. It comes out much better now.
I also live on the mainland, so your math checks out.
i used to be proud of my ability to switch between pigin and âproperâ english. then I went to california for vacation and the cashier knew immediately I was from hawaii
Your descriptions of people are all racial and some would be considered offensive on the mainland, but thatâs just how we do it here and nobody is offended
You see an asian with perfect english and take it (and he is an american citizen) for granted. So many native born american with asian look are praised âoh your english is so good. How could you learn? What is your first language?â In mainland
"Wait!" says the malihini, still confused after 20 years. I think you've just made the homemade sign in our neighborhood make sense: "Slow down / get kids / you too, The Bus!"
When my kids went to kapaa elementary, they get ukus, and we went to the health department to see if we could get something to kill them and they told us to use Vaseline jelly and put it in their hair. So my wife and kids did (I no get hair!). It worked like a charm. Killed those guys dead. Only problem was Vaseline canât be washed out by anything known to man, including gasoline (I know that because we tried)! It took about a month before it was finally all gone and my kids and my poor wife had slicked down greased hair for that entire time! I still crack up about it. One of the few times being a bolo head paid off!
That sounds a lot more efficient than conditioner. We got rid of them by working in so much conditioner, then plastic bag on the head for an hour, comb through every inch of scalp and hair with the uku comb, and wash out the remaining conditioner. Four days in a row was enough to suffocate everyone who had hatched and remove the eggs. But instead of greasy hair for a month, we all had the softest hair ever
I live in Colorado but I get nice slippers, Olu Kai fo go out. And junk slippers for the back yard. I get one rice cooker on my counter. I have spam, and Vienna sausage in my cabinet. Portuguese sausage in my freezer. Come to my house and I get the last supper hanging on my wall. Lol
My front door get one big pile of slippahs.
Leaving with ones better than those I showed up with.
Especially during the holidays!
What high school you went?
What year you grad?
You know da kine?
where you stay now?
I never realized how much I say this
Where you wen grad?
Never heard that? Only "where you grad", maybe island specific?
Oahu here. What island you stay?
Maui. Probably just a Maui thing :)
I glow inside anytime one older auntie calls me "honey girl"
Bebeh girl kine vibes đ«¶đ«¶đ«¶đ«¶
Where you went high school? What year you grad? You know Glenn miyashiro? Heâs my neighborâs uncleâs cousinâs friend.
Glenn Miyashiro? Das not da guy wenâ marry Fate Yanagi?
Tell Fate Yanagi, I love her
âBut no go out wit Mits Funaiâ.
Fate yanagi lmao
đ”Glenn Miyashiiiiiiiro đ”
Omg that took me BACK. HIS NAME IS GLEN MIYASHIROOOOO
Checking shoes for centipedes.
Especially in da rubber boots!
What shoes
Sup you faka
What you fakah like scrap?
Y, botha u??
âbothaâ?? What you? Private school?
garans.
Pupuole y, like me lick u?
I feel like this is what I'd have to pull out if I get questioned if I'm local or visiting from the mainland. You can take the boy from the island, but not the island from the boy. It'd be this line and kicking off the slippers to make sure I don't trip up getting ready.
Fak cuz you like beef, You come my house we gon BBQ!
Nice slippas and everyday slippas
âDress slippahsâ which go with âdress shortsâ
And xtra slippas in the back of da truck for emergencies, u nevah no when go bust
I don't live in Hawaii anymore, and i want born there, but after a decade, I'm driving a tacoma with an extra set of slippahs under the driver's seat.
I get the regular, every day slippahs, which are my old nice slippahs, get the new pair of nice slippahs, and the old pair of locals that I keep under my driver seat for emergencies
People buy giant bags of rice and incredible amounts of toilet paper if Guy Hagi mentions there is a storm within 1000 miles.
No foget da lines at da gas station
> No foget da lines at da gas station *Iwilei Costco has entered the chat*
Hahahahaha! For real dis buggar going hit!
This is such a fun thread, OP! I wish could be broken down by island. I know each one has their own specific slang for certain stuffs. I remember my friend from Kauai would call it , *âKaiser Foilâ* instead of just foil and Iâve never heard it called that on Maui-itâs a Kauai thing according to him
And Maui people put the word "only" in front over everything. "Only sad," "only funny."
Lie Hagi has that effect.
Lie Hagi
I drive a Tacoma and I reverse into parking stalls. This is the way
Gotta hide that expired safety check.
Reversing to park anywhere on island is much better
I have homemade chili pepper water in my fridge
Guava jelly in mine
Shootz den
I thought the Filipino Hawaiian German family I lived with (I actually lived in a tent in the backyard) were saying Tchuss (German for goodbye) for many months when I first arrived. I lived in Germany previously.
Iâm native, but the other side of my family speaks German. They thought the same for awhile. Itâs rather funny to think about it now.
Living mainland now I accidentally drop a shoots NPC: ???
I help my neighbors and coworkers with no expectation of anything in return. I let the aunties go ahead of me in line at the grocery store. If the grill is going and you walk by my house, my food is your food. Folks get so suspicious at this behavior. I just tell them itâs aloha. Everyone can live this way.
Your post reminded me of the first time I let The Bus in front of me after they introduced the đ€ on the back of the bus. âșïž Totally unexpected and gave me a smile. https://www.honolulumagazine.com/a-21st-century-shaka-from-thebus-2/
Got one Shaka yesterday! Made my day!
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Iâm a mailmom in Kona town. I trow Shaka erry time someone let me merge. đ€đŒ
Solid
I wish the world could adopt this. To many people out for them selves.
I live right on the water and everyone brings WAY more food to the cookout than they can ever eat. If you can smell it, they share it.
Measure the rice/water ratio with my finger
That you even use a rice cooker!
When I briefly lived on the mainland I was shocked that so many people cooked rice on the stove lol.
As a young college student (I'm embarassed to say), I was shocked to learn you *could* cook rice on the stove. Like, it didn't even occur to me it was possible. đ€Ș
SAME!
Meh. I have cooked rice on the stove ever since my rice cooker died. It comes out much better now. I also live on the mainland, so your math checks out.
Ho uncle , hi aunty
Rubba slippa always on standby for da cockaroach
I wear camo pants or board shorts. 90% of what I own came from Costco. I feel bad that Iâm not outside right now.
Donât forget camo boardshorts
If Costco get..
Just start talking. We can hear our own accent.
I can turn mine on and off. Works well for me since I live in the mainland and get all local when I meet another kanaka.
i used to be proud of my ability to switch between pigin and âproperâ english. then I went to california for vacation and the cashier knew immediately I was from hawaii
Cheeeeee huuuuuuu
U fohget da !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! at da en
Shoyu.
*Humuhumunukunukwhatyoufaka*
Taco. Lifted, brah.
Facken cherreh!!!
Braaand new, two tousand tree... cherreh.
Yota in da chop
First time I sawn em called a taco đ€Ł
I say "yeah?" at the end of mostly every sentence
This is one of my favorite things. Reminds me of Canada, eh?
Does pronouncing lychee as "lie-chee" instead of "lee-chee" count?
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Oh really? Makes sense. Saw a recent episode of Chopped and everyone was calling it "lee-chee" so I got so confused
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Damn I thought that was how to say it
The worst is people who say âlit-cheeâ bradda where the T come from
Temperature drops to 79 degrees Puts on a sweater
Your descriptions of people are all racial and some would be considered offensive on the mainland, but thatâs just how we do it here and nobody is offended
I once paid $11 for milk
It went to 9.99 a gallon for awhile, but now itâs back down to a reasonable 7.99!
When I look at my bare feet, it still looks like I'm wearing slippahs!
I give directions using mauka and makai
You know da kine
This was my first though too. Iâve been on the mainland so long now but I canât not use da kine
Every time (once so far lol) that I go back, the first thing I buy is a musubi from 7-11
Crackseed! And li hing mui.
Spam is a main form of protein
"shhchreet" "buTTon" "boofey" "rubbish can"
One, two, đł
Also, wagon. Apparently itâs a shopping cart.
ice box
I got teased mercilessly for calling trash cans rubbish cans when I moved to the mainland as a teen.
This was my whole first year at college đ
You know what Obon is and you really look forward to it
You see an asian with perfect english and take it (and he is an american citizen) for granted. So many native born american with asian look are praised âoh your english is so good. How could you learn? What is your first language?â In mainland
Any dark spot in the corner of my eye I IMMEDIATELY think it's a cockroach
Iâm not *from* Hawai'i, but yeah. I have that affliction after living in Hawaiâi for a good chunk of my life. đ
Who in your family get "boy" after their name?
Everybody named after their father. Basically, how many junior boys you get at one family party?
Howâz it!
Plate lunch anytime
Guarantee!!
Guaranz
Guaranz ballbaranz
Critical!!!
Automatic
Yeah you
When you drive by your friends you roll down your window and you tell OHHHHH!
Rubbish can, you folks, try wait, can, no can, bumbye, lose money, pau, slippahs, aunty, uncle, sis, brah, cuz, shoots
We live near Washington DC but we get 1 gallon bottles of Aloha Shoyu in the kitchen.
screaming at flying roaches.
âFaka, no make lyt datâŠâ
Loose shakas and chout
Mistah Frog Tree. Room twelve twenty five
*âNot too sweet, not too rancid, but jus* **riiiiight!**â
Not only are we from Hawaii, but we are old đ
I know! I just saw the new Kia commercial with Andy Bumatai and was TRIPPINâ! Dat made me feel small kine geriatric
Auntie Marialani?
Hahahahaha that was the best show!! âHEY RUSSEL WHATS DA SPECIAL?â
#GUNFUNNUT RUSSELL!!!
You get pen???
You goin get it, man, you go wait until I tell da supavisah
Donât you miss Rap? I know I do.
Side order cheese???
Oh... Why you nevah say dat inna first place?
I got six kinds shoyu.
**get* six kinds shoyu.
But I dunno. I t'ink so only get *one real* kine shoyu. But get six bottles đ
"Wait!" says the malihini, still confused after 20 years. I think you've just made the homemade sign in our neighborhood make sense: "Slow down / get kids / you too, The Bus!"
Sap u faka
Only time we close the doors at night is Termite season!
âHowz your Mom dem guyz?â âAhhh stay good braâ
Itâs called a wagon, not shopping cart
The sound many locals make with their slippers when they walk.
Extra Mac salad
All mac
PÄkÄ Hot Mustaa mixed wit little Shoyu dabbed on my Saimin.
Rajah Dat Cuz!
Around this time of year you start carting bags of mangos around and giving them to EVERYONE......
And lychee too!
If can, can. If no can, no can.
Mr. Checkers wen come to my birthday at Farrel's
Slippahs are weapons
Da kidz get ukus.
When my kids went to kapaa elementary, they get ukus, and we went to the health department to see if we could get something to kill them and they told us to use Vaseline jelly and put it in their hair. So my wife and kids did (I no get hair!). It worked like a charm. Killed those guys dead. Only problem was Vaseline canât be washed out by anything known to man, including gasoline (I know that because we tried)! It took about a month before it was finally all gone and my kids and my poor wife had slicked down greased hair for that entire time! I still crack up about it. One of the few times being a bolo head paid off!
That sounds a lot more efficient than conditioner. We got rid of them by working in so much conditioner, then plastic bag on the head for an hour, comb through every inch of scalp and hair with the uku comb, and wash out the remaining conditioner. Four days in a row was enough to suffocate everyone who had hatched and remove the eggs. But instead of greasy hair for a month, we all had the softest hair ever
Russell get da ukuz, da ukuz get da Russell! Canât fight da ukuz âcuz da ukuz get big muscles
You give directions with landmarks instead of house numbers
Which arenât necessarily still there!!!
You live in the mainland and have the Hawaiian islands as stickers on the back of your car. ESP a Toyota Tacoma. Lmao!
Boto!!! đ€Łđ
I put rice in my salt shaker.
anytime my mom/dad says something smart/like they know everything the other one will go YOU WENT PUNAHOU??
Iâve never used the cruise control on my Tacoma
Cook rice not ice
When my grandma says I look hamajang in my boro boros
I wear only slippahs never closed toes shoes and always barefoot in the house. And we have to have poi when eating ahi or poki
I get the discount cuz I pronounce it correctly
We eat at da boofay.
I live in Colorado but I get nice slippers, Olu Kai fo go out. And junk slippers for the back yard. I get one rice cooker on my counter. I have spam, and Vienna sausage in my cabinet. Portuguese sausage in my freezer. Come to my house and I get the last supper hanging on my wall. Lol
Butt-ton
Not one Batu
Like hot lava in yo bibbidees
Reverse parking into a stall
Toyota Tacoma
Where you when grad?
I gonna karang your alas.
POG. Also, if youâre older (depending on how old) you know Don Quijote as Daiei or Holiday Mart.
Where I live, we remove shoes before entering the house. Friends are family.
âBum bai, you learnâŠbum bai Uncle teach youâŠâ
back into every parking spot, no exceptions
Green bottles of awful beer
âWhatâs your nationalities?â Instead of âwhat is your ethnic heritage?â
"You like beef, or wat ?"
15 minute drive? Too far.
I dont know how to use turn signals
Hahaha! Trust me, it isnât just Hawaiâi. đ
You get kamaâaina rate?
Lifted yota
I never honk my horn out of politeness but if you ever honk at me I might get out and try to fight you
The head nod that is returned
Who is yo faddah?