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The dialect in Toyama, Japan has the famous "かか、かーかーかかーか" which decomposes/translates to: かか、 mother (お母さん in standard Japanese) かー this (これ) かー this way
by glandium 7y ago
The dialect in Toyama, Japan has the famous "かか、かーかーかかーか" which decomposes/translates to:
かか、 mother (お母さん in standard Japanese)
かー this (これ)
かー this way (こう)
かかー write (書く)
か ? (か)
In proper English, that would be "Mom, is it spelled this way?"
- thaumasiotes 7y agoFor repetitive sounds, there used to be a fun English example on Wikipedia: > Ted and Ed edited it. I'm vaguely aware of two meant for Japanese, though since I know no Japanese, there are almost certainly errors in my report here: > "Let's cover Eastern Europe", to-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o. > "Two chickens in the front yard and two in the back yard", niwaniwaniwaniwaniwaniwatori.
- tasty_freeze 7y agoI don't know if this is a widely used description, but there is a subreddit for this kind of thing, called "word avalanches". Some are purer than others. https://www.reddit.com/r/WordAvalanches/ https://www.reddit.com/r/WordAvalanches/