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Apparently they did: I've heard it claimed there was at least one submarine that used Kagoshima-ben, a famously impenetrable dialect spoken in southern Kyushu,
by teractiveodular 2y ago
Apparently they did: I've heard it claimed there was at least one submarine that used Kagoshima-ben, a famously impenetrable dialect spoken in southern Kyushu, for precisely this purpose. I can't find any reliable source though.
More generally though, Japan now and Imperial Japan in particular was very big on there being "one Japan" with one Japanese people and one standard language. Dialects were not encouraged and Okinawan, which is really a different language, was ruthlessly suppressed (kids punished for speaking it in school etc).
- gerdesj 2y agoWN. Those letters mean: "Welsh not". Back in the day, Welsh children would be punished for speaking Welsh (instead of English) and made to wear a wooden board with WN on it around their neck. The board would be passed on through the day to the final transgressor who would receive a thrashing or similar punishment. Generally all of them would get a thrashing anyway - it was good for them! Edit: Not, not no ie WN: "Welsh not". Small but important difference.