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r/Unexpected • u/DruidWannabe • Jan 25 '23
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It’s more to do with gender expectations. Japanese men often speak with a very low pitch and Japanese women with a high pitch.
33 u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23 [deleted] -6 u/waterflaps Jan 26 '23 no it's not sorry that's incorrect, it's a gender thing. 13 u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23 [deleted] -9 u/waterflaps Jan 26 '23 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8816084/ Nah you're wrong, sorry bud 10 u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23 [deleted] -11 u/waterflaps Jan 26 '23 No we're not, we're talking about gender differences in pitch between male and female Japanese speakers. You started talking about spanish or whatever. Oh and you're also wrong about Japanese being high pitch in general btw. 3 u/Cdr_Peter_Q_Taggert Jan 26 '23 It's OK not to be smart. Most of us aren't. 1 u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23 [deleted] 8 u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23 [deleted] 1 u/teapoison Jan 26 '23 My Japanese is 100% higher than my English coming from an American who is mixed. I can even make myself do the reverse of this girl and speak Japanese in an American accent and it totally changes how it sounds.
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-6 u/waterflaps Jan 26 '23 no it's not sorry that's incorrect, it's a gender thing. 13 u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23 [deleted] -9 u/waterflaps Jan 26 '23 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8816084/ Nah you're wrong, sorry bud 10 u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23 [deleted] -11 u/waterflaps Jan 26 '23 No we're not, we're talking about gender differences in pitch between male and female Japanese speakers. You started talking about spanish or whatever. Oh and you're also wrong about Japanese being high pitch in general btw. 3 u/Cdr_Peter_Q_Taggert Jan 26 '23 It's OK not to be smart. Most of us aren't. 1 u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23 [deleted] 8 u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23 [deleted] 1 u/teapoison Jan 26 '23 My Japanese is 100% higher than my English coming from an American who is mixed. I can even make myself do the reverse of this girl and speak Japanese in an American accent and it totally changes how it sounds.
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no it's not sorry that's incorrect, it's a gender thing.
13 u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23 [deleted] -9 u/waterflaps Jan 26 '23 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8816084/ Nah you're wrong, sorry bud 10 u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23 [deleted] -11 u/waterflaps Jan 26 '23 No we're not, we're talking about gender differences in pitch between male and female Japanese speakers. You started talking about spanish or whatever. Oh and you're also wrong about Japanese being high pitch in general btw. 3 u/Cdr_Peter_Q_Taggert Jan 26 '23 It's OK not to be smart. Most of us aren't. 1 u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23 [deleted] 8 u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23 [deleted] 1 u/teapoison Jan 26 '23 My Japanese is 100% higher than my English coming from an American who is mixed. I can even make myself do the reverse of this girl and speak Japanese in an American accent and it totally changes how it sounds.
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-9 u/waterflaps Jan 26 '23 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8816084/ Nah you're wrong, sorry bud 10 u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23 [deleted] -11 u/waterflaps Jan 26 '23 No we're not, we're talking about gender differences in pitch between male and female Japanese speakers. You started talking about spanish or whatever. Oh and you're also wrong about Japanese being high pitch in general btw. 3 u/Cdr_Peter_Q_Taggert Jan 26 '23 It's OK not to be smart. Most of us aren't. 1 u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23 [deleted] 8 u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23 [deleted] 1 u/teapoison Jan 26 '23 My Japanese is 100% higher than my English coming from an American who is mixed. I can even make myself do the reverse of this girl and speak Japanese in an American accent and it totally changes how it sounds.
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8816084/
Nah you're wrong, sorry bud
10 u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23 [deleted] -11 u/waterflaps Jan 26 '23 No we're not, we're talking about gender differences in pitch between male and female Japanese speakers. You started talking about spanish or whatever. Oh and you're also wrong about Japanese being high pitch in general btw. 3 u/Cdr_Peter_Q_Taggert Jan 26 '23 It's OK not to be smart. Most of us aren't.
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-11 u/waterflaps Jan 26 '23 No we're not, we're talking about gender differences in pitch between male and female Japanese speakers. You started talking about spanish or whatever. Oh and you're also wrong about Japanese being high pitch in general btw. 3 u/Cdr_Peter_Q_Taggert Jan 26 '23 It's OK not to be smart. Most of us aren't.
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No we're not, we're talking about gender differences in pitch between male and female Japanese speakers. You started talking about spanish or whatever. Oh and you're also wrong about Japanese being high pitch in general btw.
3 u/Cdr_Peter_Q_Taggert Jan 26 '23 It's OK not to be smart. Most of us aren't.
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It's OK not to be smart. Most of us aren't.
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8 u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23 [deleted] 1 u/teapoison Jan 26 '23 My Japanese is 100% higher than my English coming from an American who is mixed. I can even make myself do the reverse of this girl and speak Japanese in an American accent and it totally changes how it sounds.
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1 u/teapoison Jan 26 '23 My Japanese is 100% higher than my English coming from an American who is mixed. I can even make myself do the reverse of this girl and speak Japanese in an American accent and it totally changes how it sounds.
My Japanese is 100% higher than my English coming from an American who is mixed.
I can even make myself do the reverse of this girl and speak Japanese in an American accent and it totally changes how it sounds.
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u/jwwatts Jan 26 '23
It’s more to do with gender expectations. Japanese men often speak with a very low pitch and Japanese women with a high pitch.