Hawaiian Creole English and cultural content in "Mr. Sun Cho Lee" (Contact Languages in Music)

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This song, first released in 1975 by Keola and Kapono Beamer, reveals stereotypes of the diverse ethnic backgrounds of Hawai'i residents, and contains several features of Hawaiian Creole English (often called "Pidgin" but is really a creole).

Posted by Emma Rennie on September 30, 2014

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Hawaiian Pidgin;
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