Hey guys!
It made me curious after years of watching fujiwara at batsu game intros , where in Japan is he from? I am assuming that he is speaking the "Shitamachi Kotoba" because he always says the classical "shitottsu" (when saying first rule is…)instead of "hitottsu"…anyway there isn’t really much on him online as far as I can tell.
Hi,
According to his Wikipedia page, he is from Ôsaka.
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%97%A4% ... F%E5%AF%9BHe is from Osaka Prefecture, just like Matsumoto and Hamada.
[url:q1bwyu76]http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%97%A4%E5%8E%9F%E5%AF%9B[/url:q1bwyu76]
oh , so its a kansai-ben thing to say "shi" instead of "hi"?
I guess so. I don’t really know.
[quote="VideogameDC":sy7eardi]He is from Osaka Prefecture, just like Matsumoto and Hamada.
[url:sy7eardi]http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%97%A4%E5%8E%9F%E5%AF%9B[/url:sy7eardi][/quote:sy7eardi]
DT’s hometown Amagasaki is in Hyogo prefecture, not Osaka…
[quote="solari":2j5z0vpv][quote="VideogameDC":2j5z0vpv]He is from Osaka Prefecture, just like Matsumoto and Hamada.
[url:2j5z0vpv]http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%97%A4%E5%8E%9F%E5%AF%9B[/url:2j5z0vpv][/quote:2j5z0vpv]
DT’s hometown Amagasaki is in Hyogo prefecture, not Osaka…[/quote:2j5z0vpv]
Whoops, little mistake of mine.
I think he is saying hitotsu, if said quickly it does sound like an s at the start.
The h isn’t a normal h, its more of a "huh" sound and if said quick it may sound like an s.
Its the same when saying like
Otokonoko no hito (means older male)
The h is a "huh" type sound.
EDIT: Trying to make a word that it sounds like is not easy lol
[quote="DABhand":373vxjgr]I think he is saying hitotsu, if said quickly it does sound like an s at the start.
The h isn’t a normal h, its more of a "huh" sound and if said quick it may sound like an s.
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an s or a sh?
thats strange because on many accounts I head "shi" … yeah the japanese "h" in "hi" isn’t a regular h sound…its more of a fricative
[url:373vxjgr]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hi_(Japanese).ogg[/url:373vxjgr].
but anyway a lot of the shitamachi speakers can’t tell the different between the 2 phonemes (hi &shi)
[quote:373vxjgr]Phrases such as shitamachi kotoba (下町言葉?) meaning "Shitamachi dialect", and shitamachifū (下町風?) meaning "Shitamachi style"[2] are still in use, and refer to certain characteristics and roughness in Shitamachi speech. The lack of distinction between the two phonemes hi and shi (so that hitotsu ("one)" is pronounced shitotsu) is typical of the Shitamachi kotoba.[2] Another characteristic trait is the pronunciation of the sound -ai as for example in wakaranai (I don’t know or I don’t understand) or -oi as in osoi (slow) as -ee (wakaranee or osee).[14] The use of either is still considered very low-class and rough. Shitamachi speakers are also supposedly less apt to use the elaborate word forms more characteristic of Yamanote Japanese.[15][/quote:373vxjgr]
Here have a listen and you will see what I mean
I actually listened him saying ‘‘Hitotsu’’ when reading the rules to the Gaki members.