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Hawaiian Language Lesson #3 Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 3/31/2004
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the posted coordinates. The posted coordinates are on an island, but not a Hawaiian Island. Solve the puzzle to determine the actual cache coordinates, also an island, but not a Hawaiian Island.
Cache is small canister with the standard paperwork. Bring your own pen and your cloaking device.

Pidgin is NOT "broken English". Hawaiian language forms much of the structure of Pidgin, and provides many of the colorful and descriptive words. It is a mistake to assume that anyone speaking Pidgin is uneducated. It's more appropriate to consider anyone speaking Pidgin as bilingual, for it is increasingly recognized as a language in its own right. One with a very rich and interesting history. Turning the beautiful Pidgin vocals into text can be a challenge, so in many cases the text in the lesson below is represented phonetically. You can find all necessary answers at: hawaiischoolreports.com and e-hawaii.com

The cache is located at: N37 2a.xxx W121 59.yyy.

Now on with the lesson:

Eh, Howzit! Mahaloz fo checkin dis cache wit da 'Olelo nani koki of Hawaiian Pidgin. Dis cache stay numma tree in Hawaiian Language Lesson cache series. Fo realz you know. I no keed you. Anywayz, eef you like and stay akamai, geev'um! Da odda cachers nah goin' wait fo you.

K-den, here da kine, spock em out:
  • You stay all hot cuz' you out geocaching all day in da sun, so: you get a shaved ice (a=1) or, you get a shave ice (a=2) or, you get a snow cone (a=3).
  • Futsetta she stay ohana wit: Governor of Hawaii (add 1) or, Boogeyman (add 2) or, WeBeDnD (subtract 1).
  • "You like beef?" mean you want: SPAM (add 2) or, scrap (subtract 1) or, loco moco (add 1).
  • Pau wit a.
  • Dis one you can drink: Babooze (x=560) or, Beeyah (x=290).
  • You got one choke rat bite: "Da cute!" (add 45) or, "Bad hair day!" (subtract 45).
  • You say "brok da mout" cuz da kine you pound stay all: ono (add 22) or, ujee (subtract 22).
  • Da barrel stay like: a twenny footah (add 13) or, a rubbah slippah (subtract 13) or, Futsetta's opu (add 20).
  • Add turtles.
  • Add turtles again.
  • Pau wit x.
  • All day erry day you been grind planny planny loco moco, planny planny plate lunch, an planny planny odda grindz. Den you no get out da house an you stay all beeg couch potato. You going get choke opu li' dat? Oh yeah no? (y=120) or, Nah Brau (y=400).
  • Pound be like grind? No! (subtract 60) or, Nah, Brah (add 60).
  • Maui so tough!... He stay all Mahu (add 10) or, Moke (subtract 10). (Ho Cuz, spock da legend of Maui fo you answer dis one.)
  • You shaka wit your: okole (add 37) or, hand (subtract 37).
  • Add turtles.
  • Pau wit y.
Go check da kine out already! Go check um go!


Other Hawaiian Language Lesson series caches: #1 #2

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[CACHE] Vafvqr gur bowrpg, Ze. QBYR!

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)