2007-01-31 09:01:45 · 7 answers · asked by aksnowman31 2 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Honolulu
is this an insult t-shirt??
2007-02-01 05:44:29 · update #1
Hawai'i Creole English (HCE) is usually called "Pidgin" in Hawai'i. It has a rich linguistic history based on the need for a common language among a diverse group of people who spoke different languages.
"Eh no ack" is HCE/Pidgin for: Hey, don't act up/be a jerk/make an a$$ of yourself...
no act
(no ack)
Definition: quit acting up
Used In A Sentence: Joonyah, no act before I slap you!
In English?: My dear son, please stop acting up before I tell your father.!
Check out the online pidgin dictionary: www.e-hawaii.com/fun/pidgin/
2007-02-02 19:17:17 · answer #1 · answered by compaq presario 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
EH NOACK is Hawaiian Pigeon Slang, meaning "Hey Don't Act" , and the arrow pointing to you means " You Acting" for example:
Say you tell everyone a car hit you from the rearend, and you can't move your neck, but in reality you only acted like you were hurt the Hawaiian's will tell you EH NO ACK....LOL
2007-02-01 20:20:32 · answer #2 · answered by kikaida42 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's a phrase in "pidgin", which is sort of the local slang.
Eh = hey
No ack = stop showing off, bragging, acting like you're hot stuff
See extreme-hawaii.com for a pidgin lesson.
2007-01-31 20:00:02 · answer #3 · answered by Gwendolyn R 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It means don't act like you're hot ****! and since the arrow is pointing up it is referring to the person wearing the shirt...YOU!
2007-01-31 22:46:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It means "I took a wonderful trip to Hawaii and all I got was this lousy T-shirt from a local street vendor that gouged me for the money I was going to use to pay for a nice dinner at the Tiki-Tiki lounge next Saturday night."
2007-01-31 17:10:38 · answer #5 · answered by G 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
it means: don't act stupid, or don't act like that. the answer before mine , what are you talking about? If you want to know more hawaiian slang look up "hawaiian pigeon talk" on the internet.
2007-01-31 19:46:42 · answer #6 · answered by pineapple 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
its the hawaiian slang called "pigeon"
EH'NOACK = eh, no ack silly, stupid, dumb, etc..
k-den, shoots!
2007-02-01 13:09:14 · answer #7 · answered by kanona23 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋