The above lines are translated from Chaucer’s 14th-century Middle English, but I wish I could read you the original lines aloud. In Chaucer’s hands, the Middle English is as sonorous and lyrical as ...

Pidgin, spoken in Hawaii for decades, is now listed as one of the official languages in the islands. The list was released by the U.S. Census Bureau in November after a five-year survey was conducted ...

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 ...

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’ ...

“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 ...

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, ...

Until about a decade ago, visitors to Hawaii were often confused by the pidgin spoken by “locals” (residents). It”s possible they felt they were in a foreign country. Hawaiian pidgin evolved during ...

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 phrases borrowed from Chinese, Japanese, Korean, ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (CNN) — Pidgin, spoken in Hawaii for decades ...