"Dave Fossett" <reply@via.newsgroup> wrote in message news:<LCkDa.661$t6.649@news1.dion.ne.jp>...
> "Kaz" <kaz@ivebeenframed.com> wrote:
> 
> > > > > Rather like England, then, where it is said, "Every time an
>  Englishman
>  opens
> > > > > his mouth another one laughs"?
> > > >
> > > > Really? I didn't know that. Maybe like "Every time a Kansaijin opens
> > > > his mouth another one laughs"?
> > >
> > > Not really. I suspect you didn't fully understand the statement.
> >
> > So what did the statement mean? Actually I'd been thinking people
> > rather respect British accent.
> 
> Firstly, "another one" means "another Englishman". It means that English
> people are often quick to judge other English people by their accent. I'm
> sure the same is true in Japan and other countries, though.

Although a Kansaijin trys to speak Tokyo-ben and then acts like a
Tokyo-jin, it is very easy to see through he is a Kansaijin by just a
little accent he mistakenly speaks for a native Kansaijin. And a
Kansaijin who saw through it would laugh. But I think this kind of
phenomenon exists in almost every region in the world.