***As said before, the diversity found in our language, due to local colloquialisms and carried into the great expanse of this country, only enrich the American Experience.
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Howzit bruddah!
You stay right in what you say. Da kine variety in language lidat makes us all bettah!
Aloha!
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“DaKine” is the Hawaiian version of “y’all”. Everybody knows what you mean. My favorite is “dakine dakine”-—that means it’s really serious and sometimes quite technical. As a certified descendant of dirt farming TexOkies who spent quite some time in Hawaii I am qualified to mangle both langwidges.