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Pidgin to da Max

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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!

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!

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! :)

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!

ya i stay one hawaii native. but i had to move to da mainland. everyone is so haoelefied and i miss pidgin. so i just go read dakine pidgin dictionary and laugh so hard. its such a good way fo remember small kid time in kailua. i love da book. i want da sequel. (warning, if you stay one average haole no try fo use da words in dis book. you neva know if one popolo{black person) going broke yo jaw cuz you went offend him or someting!)

This book is awesome! I once owned the first book "Pidgin to Da Max" and that was great, but the 25th anniversary is even better.

Ho, dis book stay da bestest book about da Hawaiian pidgin. If you from dea (like me) den you no can stop cracking up at all da cartoons inside. Da words too, brings back all da memories of growing up dea (all my life). If you not from dea, PLEASE no try fo talk liddat (make shua fo read da warning in da front of da book) :-) , bumbai you goin get all buss up an sound funny kine. Jus use um fo get one feel of da real Hawai`i. No odda book like dis one. Da second one stay good too ... I no tink as good as da first one but.

I grew up in Hawaii and really miss talking pidgin. I can't wait to show my family why I say things that they have NEVER hear of. Like hanaokalele broke your okalele:)

I fell in love with the laugh out loud humor that is "Pidgin to Da Max" back when I was living in Hawaii. However, the book has been long gone ever since I moved back to the mainland. Now, I'm not local, but I fell in love with Hawaii for the 4 years I lived there. I ordered this book because I missed laughing with, not at, the humor that is the local slang known as "pidgin". The book came flawless with all the jokes and artwork that I originally fell in love with so many years ago. This book is a MUST for anyone, kama'aina (local) or not, who just loves to laugh!

Choke pidgin in dis' book eh. Mo' books den kalihi! haha! definitely a must have fo' wen go learn speak bird! shoots!