The Language of Today
a 100 word story written in Hawai'i Pidgin English
By M. LeePublished 3 years ago • 1 min read
Photo by Komang Gita Krishna Murti on Unsplash
El-oh-el, da boy go. So I aks him, “what dat, el-oh-el?”
“It means laugh out loud, ojiisan.” He giggle.
“How can?” I scratch mah head.
“El is laugh, oh is out and el is loud. So laugh, out, loud.”
I look upwards fo’ guidance, peek troo mah eyelashes at da clouds suspended. Used to be people would fo’ real laugh when dey was happy. But nowdays, everyt’ing acronyms.
Da boy stares at me.
“Dass B.S.” I mimic.
“What’s that mean, B.S?”
“Aks yo’ moddah.” I tell.
I watch his feet make thundah to da house an’ I fo’ real el-oh-el.
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