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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast.
Hello
So, so
We've just talked about
The Japanese people
Who's naturally got southern accent. Oh, yeah, right
And then after that she went to Jap, she or he went to Japanese English school and then the teacher
Was kind of laughing at that accent. Yeah, and I can kind of imagine that situation
Yeah, but is it like
Like for example, I
Mean my question is like why do you think it's funny to people that like a Japanese person?
Yeah, southern accent. Yeah
Because it's well, I know it's a little
Could be a difficult topic. But for example like me, I'm not speaking like
standard
American English at least
This is not like British though, but I have like kind of my own accent, right? Yeah, and that could sound
Funny to some people maybe. Mm-hmm. So yeah, I think it's because it's rare because it's rare
Like, you know you sometimes wear a Japanese
Laughs at you know
Like a like a Westerner speaking Osaka back. Right, right
That's kind of funny and right because I guess why because rare. Yeah, maybe rare
I'm thinking it's rarity. Yeah, so the same reason why I feel like a Japanese speaking a southern accent. That's kind of rare. You don't
See that a lot. Yeah. Yeah, they're kind of funny. I say I say so that's the first language
You'd learn like that's is that you learned you English and that accent
That's kind of fun. It's true
when we learn
Foreign languages we kind of learn
Like one of the most standard version of it. That's right. So true. So that's the main
Like I'm out of people. Mm-hmm, but true. Yeah. Yeah
Right, right. You've never been laughed at though, right? Like I because how you speak isn't so you don't have an accent. That's rare
Right, right, right. It's not that
that typical but when I um
You know, I went to Utah it's all like when I was 12, yeah and the host
Boy, okay. I came to Japan a few years ago with her with his wife
okay, and we had a dinner together and we talked in English and
He he said that he met a guy. Okay, who?
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Spoke English, but with strong thick
British accent in Japan in Japan, I guess or in you at in the u.s. Is he Japanese?
Yeah, he was Japanese and then he thought he was he was kind of funny
Okay, that's what he said. Okay, and then
The moment after that I I was like, oh do I maybe like do I am I funny?
Yeah, cuz I kind of maybe sound yeah kind of like right you are kind of like skewed to the British yeah
Yeah, so I was like them from the moment. Yeah, I try to
Try to sound more American
Yeah
Do you talk to him about that? Like no, I didn't talk. No, I didn't say that to them by
so for some people even like Japanese speaking with British accent would be
funny, maybe
Okay. Yeah, I mean, I guess
Yeah has not encountered so much a British speaker like a foreign British speaker, I guess right, right
Yeah, it was rare for him. Oh, that's why yeah, I think so. Right. All right, true. Yeah. Mm-hmm
Yeah, I wouldn't want to see like
Like a Japanese person speaking in like like what was it?
Scotland
Yeah, the cold. Yeah, I would love to hear that. I mean, I would want to experience that
How it would sound?
Right
That's one of the most like you need
English
Yeah, true true
Yeah. Mm-hmm. So I just wondered like, you know popped in my mind. That's good. Okay. Yeah
Yeah, I guess. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, Utah
Yeah, yeah, does Utah have an accent? No, right. Well, I think Utah's a I don't think so specifically. Yeah
Yeah, right. Mm-hmm
So did you did your host family speaking like that? You think they spoke in a standard-ish?
I mean, that's what I at least in my memory. Yes
Yeah
but true just like the
Message sent message. Okay, so maybe I was I didn't need you know, that was English to me
When I was 12, so yeah, you didn't had you had no idea
Yeah. Yeah, if I were in like heavy thick southern accented family, then
Mm-hmm. I speak
Really be it true. Yeah, like where you go really does matter like
Yeah, so
But like to me, you're like people should be proud of their own
Accent and you don't have to like yeah be embarrassed
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Alright, yeah, thanks for sitting guys. Thank you. Bye
