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[crayonflop]

nothing like heading over to your blog during work hours to scroll through your tags and stare fondly at dohwan's face. happy belated bday, we'll make it through this drought

omg i love that reading my do hwan thirst posts on company time this is the true anticapitalist revolution i also posted a lot of them on company time from a company laptop this is a labor free zone 💛 thank u 💛

[jibunstudies]

ok so i know little to nothing about pitch accents, but can you expand on the difference between kansai-ben and standard japanese?

Just in general, Kansaiben is pitched all over the place. Even the way a lot of Kansaiben speakers count holds pitch, while someone from Tokyo would count without much pitch in their numbers.

Most dialects differ from standard Japanese (標準語（ひょうじゅんご）) in some way, but one of the funny characteristics of Kansaiben is that they’ve gone to great lengths to be opposite 標準語.

One of the most common examples used is their greetings, such as おはよう and こんにちは, as well as their sayings of gratitude such as ありがとう.

In standard Japanese, ありがとう has a slight pitch on り, so it’s more like ありがとう (low to high), but in Kansai, the pitch comes on と, so it’s more like ありがとう (high to low). The same goes for おはよう, which in 標準語 is おはよう, but in Kansai it’s おはよう. 

The second most common example – and the one that shows their opposite use of pitches – is the difference between はし (bold is used to show high pitch).

標準語　　　　　　関西弁はし　　　　　　　はし　　　　　　箸 chopsticksはし　　　　　　　はし　　　　　　橋 bridgeはし　　　　　　　はし　　　　　　端 edge

The also do this with くも (雲 cloud, 蜘蛛 spider) and various other words.

This is why, even when a person from Osaka speaks standard Japanese, they’ll likely still sound like they’re from Osaka, because beyond the grammatical differences between 標準語 and 関西弁, their pitch accents are different as well! I have a lot of friends that were born and raised in Kansai and say that they have no idea how to speak true standard Japanese.

Beyond this, Kansaiben speakers tend to drop long vowels, so phrases like どこか行こうか become どこか行こか, as well as words like おもしろい/おもしろくない becoming おもろい/おもない. しんどい is also used instead of つかれた. さむい becomes さぶい because they tend to replace M with B, and so on. 

It’s also worth noting that Kansaiben actually umbrellas quite a few dialects, including Osakaben and Kyotoben, as well as variations in dialects spoken in Hyogo and Shiga and other surrounding areas, so sometimes pitch accent can change even within Kansaiben (such as the case with Kyotoben).

I speak a Kansaiben closer to Osakaben, since that’s where I’m closest to, and whatever variation is spoken within Hyogo as well.

[yooneroos]

hey there! in your /post/175987514027/shit-taemin-says-태민아생일축하해 gifset, where did you find the footage of him with the white host? i've never seen that clip before and thought it was funny. thanks!

it’s from shinee’s instagram. he was on nbc today show.

[van-dyne]

hey there! quick question: for your "choose the fighter" RDJ gif set, what footage did you use for paul rudd?

It’s from a London fan event for Endgame, Hemsworth phoned RDJ during the event

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKxxaSh7j00

[jibunstudies]

oh my gosh! i'm super sorry that happened to you. did you email your teachers to let them know about your situation so you can be sure you're in the classes you originally wanted?

I did email them! I got my classes back (thank god) so there’s that. Just sucks it happened at all because WOW, talk about frustration and inconvenience.

[taemincult]

hey there. how are you doing right now? i'm available if you want to talk

Thank you .....It’s harder than i thought it was, I can’t get over it...if find it strange that must of the help i’ve been getting is from people online, you know .....thank you i can’t give up not right now

[them-robutts]

i've used uber and lyft and both were chill. just make sure nameplates match (in person and the one you see on your phone).

ohhhh okay 

thanks!

[computer-blues]

it had to be done, i'm sorry girl. michael or prince

THIS IS MEAN!!! but expected

i…..i gotta go w/ MIKE ! 🏃🏃🏃