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Speaking Pidgin, Tagalog and English
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I think because of... growing up in Hawaii, because we spoke Pidgin and slang, ...that I kind of have broken English. Or it is not that proper as people would say. So I am a little self-conscious about some of the things I say or what I write.

Irma
, New York
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