Investigation into the Judgements of Slang
Whenever we open our mouths, judgements are made on our social class, intelligence and even personalities. These judgements are based on various speech elements, such as our accent, dialect, vocabular...
Tokyo ben and Kansai ben – Japanese has many local dialects
Japanese has many local dialects. The two dialects with the largest number of speakers are the eastern and western dialects. The eastern dialect is called "Tokyo ben" which is equivalent to standard J...