| This site is named Kine Graphics because in hawaiian pidgin the word “kine” comes from the word “da kine” which
is an expression that probably comes from "that kind", which
is a placeholder typically function grammatically
as a noun and can be used for people (e.g., John Doe, Jane Doe),
objects (e.g., widget) or places (e.g., Timbuktu). It shares a
property with pronouns, because the referent must be
supplied by context; but, unlike a pronoun, it may be used
with no referent—the important part of the communication is
not the thing nominally referred to by the placeholder, but
the context in which the placeholder occurs. It appears to be
unique among english dialects, at least in its centrality to
everyday speech. |
