Pidgin to Da Max

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Summary: Funny book, brah!
Review: Howzit? The wife and I bought the book while on our honeymoon in Oahu, Hawaii. It's one of the funniest books we've ever read. It also helped us communicate with the locals! Since we look Hawaiian (we're actually Filipino-American) everyone believed we were "locals"! The cartoons and definitions of each pidgin word are very well drawn out and understandable. I recommend this book to anyone visiting the islands, getting to know the locals or looking for a good laugh!

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Summary: pidgin to da max
Review: My husband and I were both raised in Hawaii. We moved to California about 3 years ago. During that time, my husband has forgotten most of the local slangs from home. I bought this book so that when we go home, he'll be better able to converse with friends and family! Great book if you want to understand and be understood in Hawaii!

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Summary: Great for nostalgia or laughs, stand-alone teacher it is not
Review: Pidgin to da Max is da bes'! I just discovered it recently when my friend gave it to me as a gift. She is a local girl and is always trying to teach this lolo (me) pidgin. I'm grateful to have such a great (live, human) instructor, with correct pronunciation and inflections, and this book offers excellent supplemental support to her teachings, but -- as it warns, do not attempt to use it on its own to develop fluency in pidgin, unless you want to invite strange looks (and trouble!)

My favorite part of the book is the illustrations -- they are hilarious! Especially the 'Wot? I owe you money?' for the guy with the staring problem. Douglas Simonson has a gift for capturing just the right facial expression in a very simplistic drawing in order to breathe meaning into each phrase or term.

To sum it up -- use this book to give you laughs, or as a quaint reminder of the islands. Accurate though the definitions are, it should not be considered an exhaustive instructional book. Having said that, bravo - this book is awesome!

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Summary: Great for nostalgia or laughs, stand-alone teacher it is not
Review: Pidgin to da Max is da bes'! I just discovered it recently when my friend gave it to me as a gift. She is a local girl and is always trying to teach this lolo (me) pidgin. I'm grateful to have such a great (live, human) instructor, with correct pronunciation and inflections, and this book offers excellent supplemental support to her teachings, but -- as it warns, do not attempt to use it on its own to develop fluency in pidgin, unless you want to invite strange looks (and trouble!)

My favorite part of the book is the illustrations -- they are hilarious! Especially the 'Wot? I owe you money?' for the guy with the staring problem. Douglas Simonson has a gift for capturing just the right facial expression in a very simplistic drawing in order to breathe meaning into each phrase or term.

To sum it up -- use this book to give you laughs, or as a quaint reminder of the islands. Accurate though the definitions are, it should not be considered an exhaustive instructional book. Having said that, bravo - this book is awesome!

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Summary: you think you speak pidgin?
Review: This is an awesome book! Loved it since I was a little kid growing up in Hilo. Only thing is - if you one haole, no expec em fo teach you how speak da kine. English: If you're a foreigner to the islands, dont expect it to teach you how to speak pidgin english. You'll end up sounding like an idiot, may get some locals laughing. Enjoy the book, it's great. Just please, please dont think it will turn you into a Hawaiian! :)