The headline on the article, published on the BBC’s website, reads like this: “Woman wan troway poo-poo, come trap for window.” The piece, written in a form of West African Pidgin English, tells the ...
Lee Tonouchi, widely known as “Da Pidgin Guerrilla,” plans to promote Pidgin as a legitimate language for creative and ...
Hawaii’s Lee Tonouchi is an accomplished author, playwright and poet who utilizes Pidgin in his work.
Above, one of the first local comedy albums was Kent Bowman’s “Pidgin English Children’s Stories” in 1961. Above, Douglas Simonson’s “Pidgin to Da Max” comic-­style book sold an astounding 25,000 ...
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 ...
In an exclusive chat with Pulse TV, the music artiste revealed that her idea of a pidgin opera was very well received by the public. This was the sentiment behind the pidgin opera concert put together ...
Producer Dmae Roberts shares an audio postcard of some Hawaiians who are proud to speak pidgin — a home-grown version of English with words and... Crossing East: Proud to Speak Pidgin, Brah Producer ...
Singer Simi says that she thought that all Africans spoke pidgin English like Nigerians. The singer appeared as a guest on the recent episode of the 90's Baby Show, where she highlighted the previous ...
Afrobeats singer Simi Kosoko has recently shared a fascinating experience about Kenya on the 90’s Baby Show. She revealed that during a trip to Kenya, she was surprised to discover that not all ...
"God don butta my bread!" That's how you say "my wish has been granted" in pidgin English in Nigeria. It's one of the many pidgin phrases that Prince Charles sprinkled into his speeches in Africa's ...