Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!gcd.org!vda-gw!news.moat.net!newsfeed.stueberl.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!yrmfa-01p4-94.ppp11.odn.ad.JP!not-for-mail From: "Ryan Ginstrom" Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,soc.culture.scottish,soc.culture.welsh,soc.culture.japan,fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Why do British hate american culture? Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:41:20 +0900 Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <5QsNb.17308$ws.2065277@news02.tsnz.net> <3h1Ob.17637$ws.2121102@news02.tsnz.net> <400A15CB.8B1D179F@alltel.net> <1esk009i5lah182ukfa1j09ccton6ot51b@4ax.com> <400A9BB3.2286A6A3@alltel.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: yrmfa-01p4-94.ppp11.odn.ad.jp (61.116.165.94) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-2022-jp" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1074735669 20459350 61.116.165.94 ([101276]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:11161 "Madra Dubh" wrote in message news:KJBPb.82089$6y6.1650004@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net... > > "Ryan Ginstrom" wrote in message > > Yes, that is interesting. I wonder how far south in Kyushu she is from. > > Down around Sasebo way. Cool, I thought that particular locution was confined to Okinawa. Looks like they talk like that in Kagoshima as well. There are other similarities in dialect, so I suppose that's not suprising. I did get the woman part right though, didn't I? Don't worry though, as long as your accent is that bad nobody will look at you funny for talking like a woman. > I was not attempting to spell the words in Romanji. > I was writing it phonetically and had eschewed the use of such niceties as I can see leaving sounds off, but adding them? > You life-in-japaners do seem to be an uptight bunch, snoots in the air and > all that (not to be offensive). Hey, you're the one getting your back up over your shitty accent. -- Regards, Ryan Ginstrom