I grew up and raised in Osaka, so I speak Osaka dialect. I have a pretty thick Osaka accent. When I had worked in Tokyo, I was struggling to speak standard Japanese. People have a prejudice against Os

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I grew up and raised in Osaka, so I speak Osaka dialect. I have a pretty thick Osaka accent. When I had worked in Tokyo, I was struggling to speak standard Japanese. People have a prejudice against Osaka dialect speakers. They think Osaka people is more friendly than Tokyo people, but They are less polite than people in Tokyo. Osaka dialect come across like that. So, my boss lectured me not to use Osaka dialect in case our client do not irritate because of my accent. I paid attention to speak standard Japanese. But, it did not roll off my tongue. My boss said that I got used to speak standard Japanese. I could not sink in yet, but when I touched base with my parent, she told me not to talk in standard Japanese. I realized that I became standard Japanese speaker.

Oct 13, 2020 5:51 AM

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I like The dialects of Kyoto and Osaka

May 24, 2021

I grew up and raised in Osaka, so I speak Osaka dialect. I have a pretty thick Osaka accent. When I worked in Tokyo, I was struggling to speak standard Japanese. People have prejudice against Osaka dialect speakers. They think Osaka people are more friendly than Tokyo people are, but They are less polite than people in Tokyo. Osaka dialect comes across like that. So, my boss lectured me on not using Osaka dialect in case my local accent irritates our clients. I paid attention to speak standard Japanese. But it did not roll off my tongue. My boss said that I got used to speaking standard Japanese. I could not sink in yet, but when I touched base with my parent, she told me not to talk in standard Japanese. I realized that I became standard Japanese speaker.

An interesting story about various accents you have in Japanese 😊

October 13, 2020

I grew up in Osaka, so I speak Osaka dialect. I have a pretty thick Osaka accent. When I had worked in Tokyo, I was struggling to speak standard Japanese. People have a prejudice against Osaka dialect speakers. They think Osaka people is more friendly than Tokyo people, but They are less polite than people in Tokyo. Osaka dialect come across like that. So, my boss lectured me not to use Osaka dialect in case our client get irritated because of my accent. I paid attention on speaking standard Japanese. But, it did not roll off my tongue. My boss said that, I got used to speaking standard Japanese. I could not sink that but when I touched base with my mother, she told me not to talk in standard Japanese and I realized that I became standard Japanese speaker.

October 13, 2020

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