Kumanoooo

[hideincarnate]

Kumano is turning out to be pretty cool

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[fushigi_na_chou]

It's funny how, depending on where you stay in Japan, you end up leaving with a new way of speaking Japanese. I speak Japanese with a touch of Kansai (メッチャ　おもしろい). It's still mostly standard. But you'll end up leaving with a .... what dialect to they have in Kumano? Well ... I'm sure it won't be standard. 8D

That sucks about your internet. It seems that Japan kinda hates letting gaijin use their webernetz.

Was the Takarazuka cool? Ever since finding out what it is, and using it to make a point in my thesis, I've wanted to see it. It sounds so fascinating. :D

Well, hopefully you'll meet some people in Kumano- find out where they're all living. :3

[hideincarnate]

メッチャ　おもしろい is pretty much standard Japanese at this point - a lot of Kantou people use it so I wouldn't say it's Kansai-ben anymore

[fushigi_na_chou]

Really? My host family thought it was amusing when I started picking up on their "accents" and using more kansai-ben. I wonder if the standard is slowly shifting towards a more Kansai sound? -ponders this-

Wow ... those Takarazuka girls are hardcore. o.o It reminds me a whole lot of when Doshisha did Twelfth Night (all in English). Since it was an all girl's college, it was an all girl's cast. So you had a girl, playing a girl, pretending to be a guy, and then just girls playing guys. Really awesome. I got some video of it.

[hideincarnate]

The phrase itself isn't specific to Kansai-ben anymore. However, there is probably a Kansai ACCENT, and that you might use or have when you say certain words. As for the standard shifting, it is definitely including words from the different dialects as they become used more and more universally all over the country due to wide spread use through media.

Yeah, but they are fricking awesome.

[hideincarnate]

Yeah. =/ I mean I lucked out in getting a Leo Palace so I didn't have to like buy a futon or a tv or anything like that. But I don't like having to sit right in front of the tv with my computer in my lap in order to use the internet. But the two ICs I've had have been aware and are going to get someone to help me...but that kind of ties me to the house since like I only have email right? If they say they're coming, I'll be told by email. It takes less than an hour to get here from the Hiroshima Branch Office, so if I'm out, I might miss them and end up making them wait, ya know? =/

[geminibell]

cool! which program are you teaching English through? I am applying for some positions in Japan, too

[hideincarnate]

I'm teaching through the company called Interac. They're reputable since JET recommended them to me but keep in mind they can be scatter brained because they've taken on more teachers than their staff can handle - so sometimes they forget things, or get confused. So if you're patient, you'll be fine.

[geminibell]

I'm applying for interac right now!

[hideincarnate]

You should mention that I recommended it to you. ;)

[pikafreek3001]

It sounds like a nice place to be. At least you can now say that you have stayed in "the country" as well as metropolitan areas. I hope you get the internet thing fixed--having to use your computer right in front of the TV sounds tiresome.

[hideincarnate]

Saga, where I first stayed in 2003, was country too. I just didn't notice because I was being driven everywhere and it was my first experience of Japan. As far as I was concerned, the country was the best! But through college I've been spoiled by living in cities so I am used to like...having a lot of choices. Here, I don't.

It is! It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't watch tv but I like to listen to it and watch it so I end up with eye strain between the tv and my computer screen.