@FelipeOliveira Yoko Hasegawa in Japanese: A Linguistic Introduction writes: "A succession of voiceless consonants resulting from vowel devoicing gives a harsh impression to speakers of other dialects." (p.37)
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I imagine that impression might vary from speaker to speaker, but I'm not really qualified to say anything about that. I found it really interesting, though.
I’m not sure if I get the right idea of what you say, but we have many dialects in our language here and I guess this “harsh impression” thing Also happens from one region to another, but here in Brazil it is mainly because the dialect gives away where the person is from, and brings up some cultural differences that people are not very fond of
@Flaw Well, suspensions aren't necessarily intended as punishment. There are multiple reasons you might suspend someone. One reason is to protect the site from a pattern of problematic behavior.
@snailboat I just posted an answer to this question. https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/60271/what-is-the-best-way-to-express-the-concept-of-accountability-in-japanese and would like to know if it is considered a valid answer. I wasn't sure so I put a disclaimer at the beginning.
青 ao seems to be used very much interchangeably for both blue and green. Why is that so, and how does 緑 midori play into this?
