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変な日本語か∥方言か∥間違った日本語か

Glenn

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I ran this by Mikawa the other day, and he was just as confused as I was. I thought I'd run it by everyone else here, because this is some of the strangest use of the language I've ever seen.

First, on person says:

Let's call this person "Jim." So Jim is from Osaka, born and raised.

Then, the second person says:

Let's call this person "Jane." Jane is from Nara. Next, let's get into the funky stuff.

Jim:
がチェックしてみて下さい。
I think this one takes the prize.
このは、をすることのさ、そしてをものでした。

Alright, now onto Jane.
に、のはずっとしてみたいと思っていました。でも歌詞の翻訳は本当にしいと思います。
歌に使われるはで、しかしです。

And there's more, like 話したらが and the like. So am I just really missing something here? Does this look like any sort of dialect? Or is this just wrong?
 
Konnichiwa Glenn-san!

I think it is a "窶「ツカナスナ。窶ーツサ窶堋ッ". The least it is not a dialect.

NANGI
 
Well, I can try different encodings, but I doubt that would make it more intelligible.
 
I agree with Nangi-san that it doesn't sound like any dialect (that I know of--and I know quite a bit).

The first introductions appear native, so I have a feeling that they are Japanese speaking in code or some rule that they set up for themselves. Something like pig Latin(?) I heard kids speak when I was a kid.

In short, I'm lost....
 
That's an interesting way to look at it. I suppose it's possible, but... well... at any rate, I'm glad I'm not the only one it doesn't make sense to.
 
これかもしれませんね:

アナグラム - Wikipedia

個人的には、こんな話し方するエネルギーを持ち合わせておりません。
 
I think it's taking the "highly contextual language" thing a bit too far. About half of it is intelligible, but it really makes no sense. Proof that even Japanese people can screw up their own language?
 
epigeneさん、そのリンハが壊れているようです 。
 
Wasn't this originally on some kind of an on-line journal for class at school? If so, it seems strange that they would write in "pig-latin", although not impossible, of course.

I agree that the first entry, which I say today for the first time, looks like very regular Japanese. Afterwords, it looks like either they were VERY sloppy or they just aren't taking the journal seriously enough to do it properly.

My final analysis yesterday was either that they aren't really native Japanese speakers OR they are ふざけている。
 
Mikawa Ossan said:
OR they are ふざけている。
Yes, I think that's what they are doing...
 
Yeah, I suppose, but still... it's kind of a serious deal, you know? I find it hard to believe that they would be doing that for something they'll be graded on (although it's not graded harshly... maybe that has something to do with it too?).

Oh, and thanks for the links and information, epigene!
 
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