How to Know If Someone Is From Hawaii

How to know if someone is from Hawaii
So how do you know if someone is from Hawaii? I talk about three signs that someone is probably from Hawaii. And yes, for many locals, it's important to know if someone is from Hawaii. I don't think there is any other place in the world where people bond so much just because they are from the same place. This bond demonstrates Hawaii's unique culture of closeness and familiarity.
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[@score2high]

The best way someone got my attention was a Home Depot in Martinez, CA. I was in the standard attire, slippahs, t-shirt, and shorts, so he assumed where I was from. He waited until I was close enough to hear him say, "Dis ting all hamajang!" Stopped me dead in my tracks! Needless to say, we must have spent over half an hour just talking story.

[@HelloFromHawaii]

That's great. I like to hear stories like that. Hawaii people tend to stand out on the Mainland. Even a simple shaka or head nod is nice.

[@Natedoc808]

Da hamajang stands out every time.

[@doctoroctos]

All bus up, fur realz

[@timallen643]

@@doctoroctos Wut dakine scrap with Samoan and get busup

[@mj95b]

I joined the Army & married another soldier, so spent most of my life traveling & living on the mainland and wherever the Army sent us. When my kids were old enough to wander around without us I would call "hui!" and they knew to find us. Once I called "hui!" and some strange kids showed up along with mine and then their parents did too! So nice to meet other locals in Germany.

[@chadwells7562]

That’s hilarious; and heartwarming!

[@hemilyclement6219]

When you said "it's a really strong bond" right away I related to that on a spiritual level! I went to this island music concert, here in Cali. Bumped into a random braddah outside and right away we knew we were both from the islands by the way we spoke, lol. My pidgin comes out heavy when I'm drunk, LMAO! It felt like I found a long lost relative but in reality I had just met this guy. His friends and my friends thought we knew each other just from the way we spoke to each other but then they found out we had just met and it threw them off. I love when I find hawaii people here in the mainland because you really do feel a sense of home when you connect with them.

[@HelloFromHawaii]

Yeah, it's great when you see locals and start talking. Just like back home.

[@jzen1455]

Ho yups! I can spot one person from Hawaii not only from how dey talk but even how dey walk and present themselves. But it's either super cool or super awkward when I meet one local on da mainland.

[@gilkeyjoe]

I’ve been away from Hawaii for decades but I still get plenty friends and family and with visit still keep local ties. I’ve lived in the Atlanta area for 20 years and couple years ago was in a Petco in Lawrenceville, GA and asked one worker where the dog food was and all she said was “aisle 12” but something about her inflection in the way she said it made me immediately ask, “You from Hawaii?” She was all surprised and said,”Yeah,” I said “Me too!” She’s been here for like 12 years and lives with her daughter. We talk stories for like half hour. Good ting store was slow. Was so awesome! After so many years away from the islands, I still can tell local people. It’s totally true, “you can take da boy out of da islands but you can’t take da island out of da boy.”

[@HelloFromHawaii]

Always great to find a local on the mainland and just catch up. Happened a lot to me in Colorado.

[@lisalu46]

I from Maui 50 years, live in SC now. It’s been a very hard transition. I’m always looking for Local people. I was at a grocery store and asked the young girl at the bakery a question, and noticed her name tag. I asked her if it was a Hawaiian name and pronounced it the Hawaiian way. She was about 20, and Chinese. She said yes, and was surprised that I knew how to pronounce it and that I knew it was Hawaiian. I explained I was from Hawaii and I spotted it right away. She told me that most people were not able to pronounce her name correctly. After a short conversation with her, it turns out that her father was from Oahu, and had moved to Colorado 20 years prior, and had worked for United Airlines, and he and his wife, who also worked for United who was a New Zealander, transferred to Denver when they first opened the United terminal in Denver. They had adopted 2 Chinese orphan girls, Kalea and Maile, and were now living in South Carolina where we live outside Columbia. So we met her dad, Carl Noda and his wife Carol, originally from Oahu and we have become great friends! We talk pidgin and talk story and the girls make spam musubi and chocolate mochi brownie’s! Talk about a small world! And Carl even knows someone my husband knew from Maui, a co-worker that he worked with @ United 40+ years ago when he worked at the Maui United terminal! Talk about a coincidence! We are just so thrilled that we met them! It brings the islands a little closer and they are just the nicest folks! I’m always on the lookout for Polynesians! 🤙🌸🌺 Aloha!! Hawaii No Ka Oi!🌈🏝

[@Jholmberghawaii]

You are so right. The high school question is right on. It’s so different than the mainland and impossible to really “get it” if you’re not from Hawaii. My kids moved to the mainland after college and when they visit home, they are so “haolefied ”. Give them a couple of days and they’re local again. Before u know it, I’m cooking their favs, shoyu chicken, musubi, butter mochi and chili rice! They leave their slippers by the front door and walk barefooted. So fun to get them back to their roots. I love your videos. They make me remember how special our life is here. We are blessed. I wish my kids would come home but they make too much money in the mainland.

[@HelloFromHawaii]

Yeah, it used to take me a few days to "get local" again when I went away for school. Glad they can visit.

[@IVEmeritus]

My mom is Japanese, but born & raised on Kona. We've lived in Colorado too. Now I understand more about the rubba slippahs. I'm used to using that and flip flops interchangeably due to mom. It's been interesting for me learning the differences between Japanese used in Hawaiian Pidgin, and Japanese Japanese. I'm so used to hearing things like, saimin, bocha-bocha, hanabata, habut or habuteru, musubi, go shi shi, bobora (her mother is bobora), etc. My father always had trouble understanding the Pidgin, but it makes sense to me in hearing despite being raised on the mainland. I adore saimin, manapua, & Hawaiian chicken.

[@Mateo-lo4dz]

just makes me feel good when i stay living in vegas and i see people i know is from hawaii, especially at stores, i just start slippin in some pigeon fo test da watahs liddat n be like "howzit aunteh , what time you guys close today?" then boom "oh what you from hawaii?" " yea aunteh i wen grow up Ewa Beach, den wen move to Waipahu, den Kalihi before moving back to cali" " now i stay Vegas with my wife n kids but fuck i like move back so bad!" " ho so expensive but!" "yea but still yet, you live in paradise, the aina's mo betta den da desert!" " ho true dat my braddah" "shoots den aunteh take care ah?!" "k sweety you too, Aloha!" (*: sometimes simple convos like that can just bring so much light into my lil world LOL

[@HelloFromHawaii]

lol. T'anks!

[@Brennan_Dale3169]

Usually the first in line at the buffet! All jokes aside, always the friendliest person in the room.

[@luanascanlan5777]

Being from Hawai'i is today, a point of pride. Not very long ago (class of 1986 Kamehameha) it was not....really. So I am proud of you young people moving the 'movement' forward to recognize that you are UNIQUE and BLESSED to come from such an INCLUSIVE culture.

[@jzen1455]

Ho yups. I tried to talk like one haole during hanabata days. But now I embrace da accent now.

[@theroadrunnerjarhead4109]

When I was in the Marine Corps long ago I was stationed at Camp Pendleton ca. I met another guy from Hawaii and we bonded pretty good. One weekend he took me to this haole family’s house in San Clemente. I was amazed. These haole people welcomed Marines in Pendleton who came from Hawaii to their home. They were very special with a true spirit of aloha. There were about 15 guys from Hawaii hanging out during the weekends. It was like one big happy family. We would all contribute money for meals. We’d go to the beach and hangout. It was awesome. I live in California now but I’m sure some of those guys keep in touch.

[@leejuniorjr]

Lived there for a little bit when my dad was stationed there, I was too young to appreciate the culture and the beauty of O’ahu. Hated my hula lessons, I slept at a luau once, and then I had to move away. I miss it a lot, going back is a big goal of mine. No matter how much I embarrassed myself there, I will never not miss my 5 years there!

[@deonnnorton9384]

You forgot one: If they know a million ways to prepare spam.

[@HelloFromHawaii]

That's so true. We love SPAM. :)

[@homebase967]

@@HelloFromHawaii ..haha! You must be kidding!! Nahhh!!

[@homebase967]

Haha!! So funny!!! Yep,...but you know what?!? Some plenny guys love Spam an' lots no live Hawaii!!

[@timallen643]

@@homebase967 Also dakine grinds Samin, Manapua & Plate Lunch....mmmmmm Ono

[@luvinafool143]

Brah! Spam Katsu, musubi, spam and green beans, spam and corn, spam fried rice, sweet sour spam the list goes on and on lol.

[@runningwithshemp]

This so true, I was walking through a supermarket in Great Barrington Mass and there was a hapa girl in the check out line and I was thinking man... she sure looks local I sweep back around I sneak a peak sure enough she's had on a Punahou hoodie on...

[@hulagirldeedee]

I once recognized a person from Hawaii school supply shopping at Target in California. They were looking for “folder paper” and the clerk had no idea what they were talking about. I jumped in immediately--Eh-you from Hawaii?? Yup-sometimes it’s the little things. 😉

[@jtbubbz3798]

wait if it’s not folder paper then what is it?? agskshsksk

[@scoot8762]

What is it if it’s not folder paper

[@karenwright6410]

Had the same thought...what you when call 'em?

[@nwboarder253]

Wearing slipahs and it’s 30 degrees out...garans. Use the word rubbish (90% chance). Head nod with a “howzit” with proper intonation also garans. After some amount of time on the mainland you start to pick up on much more subtle ones. The cadence of speech. Simple pauses between certain words or phrases. Calling your son boy. “Boy you better get your behind over here rigggght now!”

[@kolohejoe]

I was in Great Lakes (MIL) Barracks, -10 deg. Went outside my barracks room for a smoke. From second floor looking down I see two guys in smoking area. I didn't hear pigeon, it was da rhythm. I had just received a care package from home, hurricane pop-corn, Li hing Mui everyting. Da kine> Crack-seed. So didn't want to ask, so I called down, "eh, like li hing mango?" They looked at me, looked at each other, back to me, freezing, and laughing their asses off said, "eh das ono", where you grad? .... So far away, so close an so true. Thanks for sharing!

[@Flying_turnip187]

If you put thumbs down on this video......you aren’t from Hawaii.

[@HelloFromHawaii]

lol :)

[@jameskawaikaupejrcwo3usmcr573]

Yeah froM Da Mainland. Transplants.

[@Scott_L_Jeffrey]

Aloha, saw this in my feed and i got all warm and fuzzy 😊

[@homebase967]

Hey brah you had me smilin' da whole time you know!! 😅 Very cool!

[@HelloFromHawaii]

I'm glad!

[@biggaywizard]

Holy shit the HUI one actually cracked me up. I would have thrown in Pau, Cheeee and No Worries and I also look for Hawaiian jewelry. Much mahalos cuz!

[@Perseverance777]

Interesting! Thank you!

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

Kinda, sorta bingeing on your channel's content. I like how straightforward you are, humble and perceptive, as well.

[@HelloFromHawaii]

Mahalo! Hope you are enjoying the videos.

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

@@HelloFromHawaii I am, and thank you very much (Mahalo ʻnui loa) for sharing your thoughts with us. 🤙

[@makulewahine]

Just love this. I am a very white local. Born on Maui and raised kids in Kailua. When I moved here as an elder I couldn't believe how hard it was to find my sister in the crowds of other gray haired white people. That's when I discovered the true value of "Hui". LOL At the college I attended to get another degree I actually went up to a young man in the library who looked familiar. Sure enough, he was from the neighborhood and had grown up with my kids. His sister was working in admissions!!! There were lots of Hawaii kids in this small college. Thanks for this video.Gave me chicken skin. And that high school stuff is for reals.

[@HelloFromHawaii]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@zig4271]

The main reason we ask “”Eh whea u wen’ high schoo?” Is u will automatically know whea da person from and most likely grew up. For example, if u ask and the person say “Kalani” or a private HS my first thought would be “Ho, high class eh!” especially if u from Farmington 😂. Another thought would be “Junk football!” if Kalani.Haha! Note: If the person say a private high school then u gotta ask whea they from bc could be any place, even off island sometimes.

[@zig4271]

Btw, you made my day!

[@HelloFromHawaii]

Thanks. :)

[@zig4271]

John Galt SO! Nah!😂

[@alexcarter8807]

Uhhhh, no Farmington in Hawaii .... Farrington, yea get.

[@zig4271]

@@alexcarter8807 Sorry hah substitute teacha😂

[@ricktanega472]

Now that I'm an old man, when in public I ONLY wear Aloha Shirts & UH Cap. I LIVE The Aloha Spirit! 🌺Shaka, Pono🤙

[@HelloFromHawaii]

:)

[@angelaealey7289]

😎Awesome Bradda!

[@angelaealey7289]

😎Awesome Bradda!

[@jameskawaikaupejrcwo3usmcr573]

Same hea brah

[@mayo5831]

Ho, Still can't forget bumping into a local haole in New Zealand. After a week of traveling and only hearing kiwis talk, my heart was full of sunshine when the old man said in pidgin, "wea you guys from?" Then "what high school you went?" Come to find out he was also from Maui.

[@HelloFromHawaii]

lol. That's the best. :)

[@idowanna837]

I was with my friend today who's from Kauai and she backed into her parking space at the drugstore. And she mentioned her husband always wonders why she always parks that way and I blurted out "cuz you're from Hawai'i" I learned that on one of you guys' video. Don't remember whos. I watch several cuz I'm hoping to move there in a year or two, so doing lotsa research! C-ya soon 🌺👣

[@-------------------DD]

Love this vid

[@UNIT0918]

Besides what you said, locals seem to carry themselves in a lot more relaxed way. Sometimes you can tell one local haole from one malihini haole just from the way they walk.

[@hilyfeocean3383]

...also, we call soy sauce Shoyu and every local has a bottle in the fridge... next to da bottle of chili waddah ;)

[@HelloFromHawaii]

:)

[@robertmanning2144]

Locals no put shoyu in da fridge

[@94blockmarauders2]

I like kikkoman with calamansi throwwum on top of rice or can use as dipping sauce winnaz n we don't leave it in the fridge

[@robertmanning2144]

Jason Ricamona ..locals no use kikkoman either, they use Aloha shoyu

[@94blockmarauders2]

@@robertmanning2144 well I get my own preferences

[@kavikagoda]

I m a server in a steakhouse in Seattle area, and I can always pick out locals. It’s the small kine pidgin intonation in the talk. Or jewelry of course, or the tan or clothing. I like tease when they order the kaukau I ask em in proper kine English, “and would you like that with the rice or Mac salad??” They stay get one look of surprise like what ? And caught off guard you can see them think about the rice n Mac salad! Haha, den I joke with them and we laugh good!

[@angelaealey7289]

Awesome!

[@HelloFromHawaii]

Thanks!

[@jackass123491]

My sister lives in Washington so sometimes I go visit her and her kids. One time when I was there I went to The Dollar Tree and had one Auntie dat works there speaking pidgin. When she rang me up I asked her if she was from Hawai'i and Yup instant friends. She started telling me about what parts of Hawai'i she and her family was from.

[@HelloFromHawaii]

Yeah, love the instant friend connection with other locals. So special.

[@paulwhitaker6025]

Super true, always wanna know

[@wikiwiki0071]

Aloha John, thanks for your reply I like your videos awesome I remember all those day you had mention including hana'bata day's too I leave in Vegas now haven't been home for over 10yrs. I'll be watching your next video.

[@HelloFromHawaii]

Thanks

[@rioskellentos1588]

Best way for tell if they wear board shorts to one wedding no judgemnt i dat guy to so🤣

[@zjgvergara]

The way they speak English (got a hint of pidgen to it). And they don't have to say: ho, brah, slippahs, etc. Left home as well, joined to military after highschool. Made good friends with all the people from Hawaii.

[@echin9372]

It’s like seeing someone from your middle school in the hallway at highschool

[@HelloFromHawaii]

Good analogy.

[@djsoxy1249]

I thank all the locals that are so cool with all the tourists that visit the Islands, i hope it can get back to how it was so everyone can put food on the table...maybe there ae some locals that are loving it right now tho? surf def uncrowded!

[@thuriaramadan7336]

Hello 👋. I love to learn more about The Hawaii people Thank you keep the great work

[@HelloFromHawaii]

Thanks for watching!

[@belindan4974]

Love this video, again. 😜🌴🏫

[@HelloFromHawaii]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rjderama]

Funny video. Those of us mainland Filipinos are pretty much the same way - different accents but definitely same intentions. I mean, Polynesians left Asia probably by way of the Philippines, only to have their Filipino ancestors reunite with them and bring along some of the food and culture that makes Hawai’i unique 🤙🏾

[@Obake796]

It’s that inflection, the highs and lows of a sentence spoken. Don’t even have to talk pidgin, u can hear the “Hawai’i” from a local. Saw this braddah at an archery range here in Bay Area drinking coors light and looking at him I was like guaranteed this guy from Hawai’i. Yep turned out was from Kauai, we talked story for long time, we couldn’t be more different but at that moment we had a bond that was so strong. So cool when that happens. I love that connection we have with fellow transplants here in the mainland.

[@johannaetrishamorgan6850]

Great 👌 thank you

[@angelwings8815]

Eh brah! I stay Colorado. Maybe I'm da one you wen saw and wunda if I'm one local or not?!. Hahaha! It's soooo true that we locals from Hawaii get one special kind of bond! Your video is great! Have a great day! Much mahalos for the awesome video!

[@HelloFromHawaii]

Mahalo! What part of CO? I was in Greeley.

[@angelwings8815]

@@HelloFromHawaii Hi! I live in Denver. I am originally from Pearl City! Your Hawaii videos are great!

[@momiau-keliikoa4975]

On point!

[@HelloFromHawaii]

Thanks :)

[@marcybrown2442]

love this guy and SO miss my island.......

[@HelloFromHawaii]

You can always visit the islands 😄

[@bigkahuna3749]

They wear shorts, t-shirt, and slippahs going out, when you see um give um da head nod, wats up?

[@HelloFromHawaii]

Lol. The head nod. For sure. :)

[@homebase967]

@@HelloFromHawaii ...or da eyebrow lift and chin up!

[@jxudan]

Soooo true..

[@gregoriojuliano4419]

Very True .. Joy Koy also noted the rubba slippa code for Local

[@erickim2025]

LOL neva taught about it flip flops & slippas ,good 1 brah

[@brianartis7499]

This concept work well with people who've spent time living in Okinawa

[@rickrutledge9363]

Love the shirt brah, I've got one just like it.

[@tiggytoggy1440]

The high school one is on point. I ask people where they grad school a lot and yeah, they usually say their high school. Mines is Maui High.

[@nathanfleming5965]

Slippas more like my auntie discipline tool hahaha

[@alexcarter8807]

Also for slappin' dat buggah cock-a-roach

[@TheGhostGuitars]

Dem buggas! >:( Time bus out dem slippas!

[@robbysebala5389]

Mahalo nui for dis video, Brah! Da one I use fo' litmus test da most (fo' see if local islanda 'o not) here in the DC / MD / VA Metro Area is either use da " 'Ē! " or, as you said, " Hui! " Tanks! I choke LMAO ova dis video! Ha! Ha! :-)

[@HelloFromHawaii]

Glad you enjoyed it. Aloha!

[@pauhanafishingguy]

Actually, they are called “slippas”

[@wikiwiki0071]

Lol SLiPPAS brah!!

[@itskitty808]

Amen!

[@SunnyIlha]

If Yu 'Ol Skool frum Hawai'i, Yu kno wut kamaboko slippa Da 'tick kine' 😂😁

[@zig4271]

Also, it’s “Slippas” not slippers. Haha!

[@terryblack4385]

I really liked your video, excellent tips. Got a ?? about moving to Hawaii this might be a good place to ask. I know how folks in Hawaii feel about main landers moving to the islands, I'm originally from the Oregon Coast so the Ocean is very special and near and dear to my heart, then my wife and I moved to Western Montana. We learned how to be Montanan, people here are don't really like out of starter's bring a selfish or unfriendly attitude. So this brings me to my question, if a person move to the island with the idea of embracing the Hawaiian life style and being part of the community and working to help take care of the land. This is how I feel that a person that's moving to someplace like Hawaii needs to feel so how to long time locals and native peoples feel about that. Someday I hope to move to the islands to setup my biz and start farming. Thanks for your time. Ken Land of the Big Sky. p.s. I went to Marshfield high school. LOL

[@HelloFromHawaii]

Thanks for the question. It sounds like you wanting to embrace the Hawaii lifestyle is a great attitude to have. I'd like to think that locals are very welcoming; however, there may be some people who don't have that same perspective. Hawaii definitely needs more farmers.

[@jameskawaikaupejrcwo3usmcr573]

If you come to the Island’s, Da first ting you do is say Aloha and mean what you said from da Heart.

[@kevinp8108]

I see so many people from Hawaii on the 9th island of Las Vegas!

[@jameskawaikaupejrcwo3usmcr573]

Brah das cuz no can afford to stay in Hawai’i.

[@RixFPV]

I live in Missouri now and they take their high schools just as seriously as we do. Kinda funny.

[@kaigeewong4200]

the Gangster Chris needs to be in more videos!!!

[@boesposito]

Mahalo brahda for all the kine stuffs you wen say li-dat...

[@patriciamurashige6879]

I was in Napa valley at a wine shop and asked the clerk (haole girl) where something was located. She was nice and I notice da Hawaiian Bracelet on her arm and said nice bracelet. She then said. I used to live on Oahu ! She ended up talking story for a few minutes she missed Hawaii so much❣️

[@rush022]

Cool video Brother!!!

[@HelloFromHawaii]

Thanks 👍

[@mechaet33]

When you start of the conversation with HOWZ IT?!

[@kisalei]

I was driving my Toyota Taco in Washington DC, saw another Toyota Taco with Hawaii Island decal, made my turn past them with my shaka hanging out my window, brah wen flash light and honk horn yelling "hows it!?" as I drove past with big smiles😎🤙🏽🌺

[@HelloFromHawaii]

:) Even out in DC.

[@nikkisimmington7355]

I was a transplant to Hawaii and I just left a few weeks ago and I miss Hawaii with everything…

[@Fergusthecat0]

I am not born Hawaii, but 20 years....I was in Oklahoma,with my dad, a small lady was trying to pick up one big bag dog food, I saw a Hawaiian, my dad didn't, I asked auntie if she needed help, that started a conversation in my bad pidgin, after I helped her and we walked off my dad was full of questions. " do you know her?" "How is she your aunt, we're not related" " what was that about " shoots" yeah dad had a lesson in ohana that day.........

[@HelloFromHawaii]

lol. Great story 😁

[@darlenarusso8235]

I graduated from Kaimuki '73. We didn't call flip flops slippers back then. Went to see my sister back in '13 and she called them slippers . Aloha!!

[@paulseoighemcgee5772]

Gr8 job brah

[@HelloFromHawaii]

Mahalo!

[@rogerk2049]

I loved living in Honolulu!

[@TCB2023.]

Killing it! Some Mana from Maui No Ka Oi!

[@HelloFromHawaii]

Thanks. :)

[@dickyhoey]

Hui. Comes from the Philippines. Huy! People in Manila will turn around.

[@michaelknight5574]

Mohihi st represent 😎

[@stevebetker829]

That was cool. Did you find many from home?

[@tatankahanska120]

I live in montana but me i was born and raised in honolulu. Yes Haoles I am one towny. I miss Hawai'i. I ran into some braddahs that work in a town 100 miles from. They from big island 🏝

[@robertmcanarney7589]

ThanQ! My son Ryan has lived in Kauai for 12 years or so. He has 2 children.

[@HelloFromHawaii]

Kauai is amazing. My favorite place in Hawaii.

[@blairataylor]

In Australia we call slippas either thongs, which also has another meaning, or slang is double plugs !

[@howellwong11]

When I was in Australia, a close female friend of mine said to me, "Knock me up".

[@secretadmirer5006]

Growing up in the 50's we called them "zoris" - not slippahs. Also if people use the glottal stop in certain words. Pointing with the chin to say "howz it" silently.

[@HelloFromHawaii]

Really? Wow. Gonna ask my parents if they remember that.

[@SunnyIlha]

Yah, yah !! Zori Rememba da tatami woven kine wit da black velvet straps 🤭😃😂

[@izzygreenvw]

i'm not from Hawaii but i ran into people from there and i felt like i couldnt keep up when i was in a conversation with them. in all they were some cool dudes the only thing we had in common was our old vw bugs.

[@homebase967]

Dats cuz pidgin combines words and eliminates words. "I like dat." Is please give me that one. Shua ting means "ok, you got it." "Or "ok, I understand what you want and I'll get it for you."

[@Pacificaner]

You may not be able to tell if I was from Hawaii, but I can spock 'em Hawaii people anywhere (at least in the past). But I have not been off the island a long time now. More interesting to me is to figure out if someone who "looks" like they are from Hawaii on the outside, but on the inside they not. So ya, when dey open their mouth and talk you probably can tell. However all these "stereotypes" are fading. Everytime when asked I tell someone I went and grad from a local (high makamaka) high school, it can help break the ice...but not by too much as I don't have the stereotype Hawaii look of the past of someone from Hawaii. I personally could care less where someone went to school, but knowing they grad high school is nuff fo me. As I grew up and went from kindergarten to UH, here I feel in my heart I belong. Once can experience prejudice anywhere, but I have always liked Hawaii people and feel like a Hawaii person. Hawaii people of the past have to me been one of the most endearing. However this may be fading away, and sadly so may be "Aloha" especially when living on the crowded island of Oahu. I can imagine that our beautiful neighbor islands are experiencing similar. Old Hawaii is a great memory to have experienced with true Aloha. If this experience is perpetuated then new comers will have the opportunity to experience this too and learn true Aloha to keep in your heart and share forever.

[@angelaealey7289]

Right on!😎

[@HelloFromHawaii]

Mahalo for sharing.

[@jameskawaikaupejrcwo3usmcr573]

So true sista! I can relate to you. Left my Island in 1972. Gone back Married. Have two beautiful men our hearts and only go back for funerals nowadays. Sad huh!

[@Pacificaner]

@@jameskawaikaupejrcwo3usmcr573 Yes it is sad that those that live here leave, and if lucky come back. Sad to see friends go. At least we can connect little bit this way, it can help. Aloha is in your heart, and your Ohana is in your soul. Live Aloha!

[@agentorange8772]

we called it "slippers" in the Philippines too.

[@mayo5831]

We say slippers with a pidgin accent = Slip-pah. My parent calls them sleepeers. 😂

[@KarenLopez-kf8jl]

Hui is similar to Hoy of Filipino when we try to get attention of someone or call someone from a far

[@alexcarter8807]

And if close up, "ssss" like a snake lol

[@TheGhostGuitars]

Or the local Japanese "Oi" :)

[@apachekeawe-aiko4900]

TRUE STORY 😃😃😃

[@limmingming4022]

in malaysia..we call sllippers too

[@lordkent8143]

Them saying slippers or speaking pidgin gives it away. Another way to tell is whether they understand or use the phrase "talk story." It's actually not understood to be mean chit chat in the mainland. "Da kine," is another word. Also see if they understand what you mean when you ask if they want to do something, e.g. "you like eat?" If they reply with the intention that you're asking whether they like the act of eating, they don't understand the Hawaii local context. 😂

[@rioskellentos1588]

So funny when talken to ur non Hawai’i friends yea “aye u faka where u stay” they jus look at u having no idea what u jus wen say or wen u add yea to sentences n they no idea what u said either “howz um, ho what cuz dats ur girl yea”😂

[@dickyhoey]

Love Hawaii. Lot of people speak Filipino.

[@desinho9]

Slippers are slippers in the Netherlands as well 🤙

[@DK1015rm]

No can forget, shoyu and saimen. Brah, when I went to the mainland no one knew what I was talking about lol

[@HelloFromHawaii]

lol. Yeah, it's just ramen and soy sauce.

[@karangRN]

Dakine!

[@bw5277]

Hiking thru Arches NP in Utah this summer.....heard from behind me on a trail... Eh , you go stay go, bumbye I come......Dead Geeve away Brah!!

[@Natedoc808]

You hear somebody being rude, then hear the other say, “Sup you fuckah, you like catch cracks?!” That guy is definitely from Hawaii... and that other guy gonna catch cracks, medivac!

[@byronharano2391]

You da'kine funny Mo`ki

[@hori166]

Not everyone from Hawaii speaks like this, i.e. pidgin English. It's rare to see Hawaii Japanese aka Nikkei (Japanese from Hawaii as opposed to Hawaiian-Japanese which is someone of mixed ethnicity) in Tokyo, but when I do the first clue is how they dress, and not because of surfer shorts, rubba slippas, etc. Japanese are more conscious of how they look and dress more formally in public spaces like department stores and restaurants. The second clue is how they look physically. Japan-Japanese are slimmer and have lighter skin. Japanese from rural areas look more like Hawaii Japanese, especially Okinawans. The third clue is speech patterns. HFH is obviously mainland university educated and his accent is typically Western U.S. There are actually linguistic studies about Hawaii English and how it differs from other parts of the U.S. It's pretty easy to distinguish mainland Nikkei from Hawaii because in Hawaii vowels are more "open". Lastly, HFH's wife threw me for a loop. Initially, I couldn't figure out where she was from, but then she said and did some things that only someone from Japan would do, e.g. cover her mouth when laughing. Her English is almost native, and she probably grew up and or lived in North America for a long time, definitely university educated.

[@HelloFromHawaii]

My wife spent some time in New York so her Japanese accent is not as strong as others. Good catch.

[@alexcarter8807]

They say "dass wy" (that's why) at the end of a lot of sentences They're chewing on saki ika (dried cuttlefish) They walk out one "Hawaiian Barbecue" on the mainland when they say No, they don't have lau-lau They can "code switch" on a dime and leave you 5c change They put "S" on the end of things. "Let's go to Walmarts" etc. They like their fish ... fishy. They like to go fishing for that fishy fish They NEVER EVER tuck in an Aloha (never a "Hawaiian") shirt. They love old Vietnam War movies because it makes them nostalgic for times hiking as a kid They. Like. Poi. Come on, people poi is awesome. Also they know rice has a taste.

[@Pacificaner]

You got'em spock on brah!

[@hawaiiguy1]

on point on these 3 signs ! Hui ! Rubba slippahs ! Wat school you grad ?

[@HelloFromHawaii]

😆

[@beatricesantiago4061]

Aloha! to you too! Enjoyed your show. So funny. However, the one word that I wish...maybe...if we would pronounce the "w" as "v". "Hav(w is pronounced as "V")aii....Hav(w)aii. I always say "Havai'i".

[@johnhall8364]

The thing I notice is “the walk”, can’t find the words to explain it but it’s like DNA. Sort of a shuffle type thing and a certain posture… I was in New York this year at the airport and bam, I new that guy was from Hawaii, I asked and sure enough he was.

[@ConsolidatedART]

Ayyy I wen grad Radford!!