The Color of Air

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by Gail Tsukiyama

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Characters say “yeah” and “eh” a lot and I wonder if you were making a bow to Pidgin, which they would have spoken and so these words were a token reference. What are your thoughts on using Pidgin in novels where the characters would have been speaking it?
Carol My husband was born & raised in Honolulu His grandmother was a plantation laborer from Korean. My hubby says that, "Yeah," is used a lot on the island…moreMy husband was born & raised in Honolulu His grandmother was a plantation laborer from Korean. My hubby says that, "Yeah," is used a lot on the islands. I've heard it used for agreement, to show understanding of the other person. It's used in pure Am. English conversations. "Eh" is carried over from Japanese. We lived in Japan six years in the 90's and heard that word used a LOT to surprise, wonder or to question. And since Gail writes of a Japanese community in Hawaii, it's a good word to signal that these people come from Japan, or are descendants of immigrants, and might be speaking in a different language.(less)
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