"Dave Fossett" <reply@via.newsgroup> wrote in message
news:Q8jDa.657$t6.522@news1.dion.ne.jp...
> "Kaz" <kaz@ivebeenframed.com> wrote:
>
> > "John Yamamoto-Wilson" <j-yamamo@sophia.ac.jp>  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.

> How many
> easily distinguishable Kansai accents are there? Aren't they all just
lumped
> together as "kansai ben"?

Those who lump together as "Kansai-ben" are non-Kansaijin, especially
Tokyo-jin. Actually Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Nara...etc., those regions has
slightly different accents each.

> Or do you think there is just one English accent?

No, but I can only distinguish the difference of British English and
American English and southern accent.