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I went to the Lake District on holiday. Have you heard of Beatrix Potter? She wrote a famous children's book called "ピーターラビットのお話”. I went to see her house and her art gallery. But even though it's only four hours away from where I live by car, sometimes it's hard to understand the dialect in the north of England!
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How's their dialect like?
Yes, many Japanese people especially girls know the Peter Rabbit, you can see the rabbits on the bottle of mayonase here in Japan
Does also Hastings have something to do with the author?
I remember I found a lovely wooden building full of Peter Rabbit and his friends! I bought a set of writing paper there.
Next time, I will love to travel north part of England.
My favourite English teacher was from Manchester (now she lives in Australia), but I haven't been there yet.
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I learnt Tokyo Japanese too, so when I lived in Osaka, it was hard to understand some people. 私のりょう父は濃い関西弁で話したし、いつも茶色のス エータを着たし、留学生のみなさんで「くま父さん」と 言いました。He would greet me in the morning, but I could hardly understand his accent, so it always sounded like 「あ、おだまきさん、。。。くまくまくまくまくま〜』
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hahaha! A friend of my friends was called おだ まき ちゃん you must be her!
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I found people in Japan were quite kind about giving me directions and things, especially in Tokyo. My parents were helped a lot, because they don't speak or read any Japanese they found it difficult to find places, but often people on the street would stop to help them, without even being asked. ：）
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How nice
I'm so glad to hear that.
and yes, people in England helped me a lot too!
It's funny, but I got a lot of help while I was travelling northern part of Japan, even I didn't ask them. Maybe because I was travelling alone.
It's kind of the first time for me to get that much of help by Japanese!
So I really want to go back there again!
Have a good day
P.S. Have you seen " Summer Wars " the movie?