Re: japanese language websites

From: John W. (worthj1970_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 10/28/04 

Date: 28 Oct 2004 07:11:33 -0700

"Anthony J. Bryant" <ajbryant_NOSPAM@indiana.edu> wrote in message news:<clorpr$6kf$1@hood.uits.indiana.edu>...
> mark wrote:
>
> > heheheh
> > yeah
> > im struggling through a few character's dialogue in manga because one
> > speaks in kansai-ben and another in osaka-ben
>
> Ummmm... Kansai-ben *is* Osaka-ben. ;)
>
As others have pointed out this is wrong. Just like it's wrong to say
the Standard Japanese Dialect is the dialect of Tokyo.

If you think otherwise, go hang out in Himeji and listen to how folks
speak who think Himeji is the Big City.

John W.