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YoshidaYui

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9. ONLY if you plan on living there

Reply to Wednesdays (Reply #7)

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 03:23 AM

12 hrs ago

consider it like this , you are for example from New York City and you meet someone from Alabama. You know they speak english but its the way they say things , things you might not know or recognize .. The same happens when a person from TOKYO travels to Osaka .. there are differences and regional phrases spoken a little differently. If you studied in Tokyo and moved to Osaka you would learn the differences right away.

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In China. How many languages do you speak? [View all] YoshidaYui Yesterday OP

Serious question: Is "Chinese" a "language" and Mandarin, Catonese, etc. LoisB 23 hrs ago #1

YES YoshidaYui 17 hrs ago #3

Thank you. LoisB 16 hrs ago #5

So, since I'm studying Japanese, Wednesdays 15 hrs ago #7

ONLY if you plan on living there YoshidaYui 12 hrs ago #9

Okay, thanks! Wednesdays 1 hr ago #11

I've only seen dialect as "ben," as in Osaka-ben, Kyoto-ben. betsuni 8 hrs ago #10

Too many people in the U.S.A. know very little about the rest of the world. hunter 21 hrs ago #2

I totally agree YoshidaYui 16 hrs ago #4

Forgive me for asking what apparently seems to have been thought of as a LoisB 15 hrs ago #6

AS THEY SAY... YoshidaYui 12 hrs ago #8