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Originally Posted by steven
I wanted some clarification on some pronunciation that I've been hearing for a while now. I've noticed that verbs like つかった、もらった、くばった get changed to つこった、もろった、and くぼった sometimes. In other words, the あ sound gets changed to an お sound. I have to say though, that it's not always a pure お sound... sometimes it's like partway inbetween. It reminds me of like an American east coast accent to a degree (if that makes any sense). As far as I know I've never had trouble understanding the meanings of any of these, but I was wondering if this is a normal pronunciation thing or not. Is it an older way of pronouncing words maybe? Is it just another regional thing?
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You only hear those in Kansai and areas with heavy Kansai influence like Hokuriku. Historically speaking, those pronunciation are older and much closer to Classical Japanese than what is considered Standard now.