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Old 23rd September 2018, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Corvina View Post
Afaik that slang is a mixture of mostly Kansai-ben and some modern linguistic phenomenons like colloquial and internet words.
Kuu is often making fun while talking or writing as well, which is why I'm not surprised by such reactions (and it fits to her character, which is why I mentioned it before).
Not so uncommon for somebody coming from Kansai, cause Kansaiers are often seen as more harsh (cause direct) and well, funny, at least that was told to me (and also experienced). But also more welcoming and down-to-earth usually, especially by foreigners.
It's always interesting to hear about such experiences, cause mine were a bit different. Most Japanese I talked about her to were surprised, but they know her for her cool/strong image and didn't think she's a joke. But I was living in a smaller town more on the countryside and not in a big city.
Well, and I was in the Kansai region, so probably not a surprise to hear more positive views on Kuu.

Just searched a bit to show you guys what I mean, cause it's hard to explain and this cracked me up!
https://www.quora.com/Why-are-people...m-other-cities
Definitelly!! Her Kansai personality is amazing. I really like the Kansai accent and the way of speaking but, as you said, maybe because I'm in Tokyo, people have this kinda of prejudice about it. I don't know. Like yesterday I went to a karaoke with a lot of Japanese and I decided to sing Butterfly and the video was actual the PV and people started laughing at all the sexy scenes/acting but in a really weird way.
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