English Audio Request
I naturally speak normal Japanese, but can also speak Kansai dialect because I've been living in Osaka since I was three years old. I was born in Nagasaki, though.
For example, if I talk to someone who from Tokyo or from outside the Kansai-area, I can immediately realize it.
It is said that there are some absolute differences between Osaka's Japanese and Tokyo's Japanese.
So occasionally, there are people who hate the Osaka's accent.
I have a question here.
If you talk to a foreigner who is a native English speaker, can you immediately tell where someone is from,even if you don't know about the person.
For instance, if an American talks to a Canadian, do they immediately realize where the other comes from?
Audio Files
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Different Dialects (recorded by Waruschen),
American Midwest Ohio
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Different Dialects (recorded by Thomas),
American (Texas)
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Different Dialects (recorded by Moses2010),
American English
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Different Dialects (recorded by jermjus),
United States "Midland" accent
[ mp3 ]
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To answer your question: yes. I live in Pennsylvania, United States. It's not completely obvious at first, but there are differences in accents and speech that tell me a person was raised in Canada, New England, Southern United States and some others. Not all people from these areas have accents, but the accents are usually only found in certain areas. For me it's not always immediate, but there are people who can pick up on a New York accent or a Boston accent very quickly.