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Mioko (voiced by Kana Hanazawa) uses some kind of unusual speech pattern which
the subtitles translate into vaguely US Southern dialectal English:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Dy6E3m.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Dy6E3m.jpg)
[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RGtBTm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RGtBTm.jpg)

Specifically, I can hear her using _ora_ to refer to herself and ending her
sentences with _de gasu_ instead of _desu_.
[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_pronouns) says _ora_ is an
informal pronoun with rural connotations, and [this Google Books
result](https://books.google.com/books?id=-3kBAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT42&lpg=PT42&dq=japanese+de+gasu&source=bl&ots=abdOz6W0KP&sig=GwbxhTaltjTLAQotu5mYzg0D8lk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjw6YSIvYLMAhUYzmMKHZyrDHsQ6AEIKDAC#v=onepage&q=japanese%20de%20gasu&f=false)
says _de gasu_ is a contraction of _de gozarimasu_ , a very polite form of _de
aru_.

You can hear it for yourself in [Episode 7](http://www.crunchyroll.com/ojisan-
and-marshmallow/episode-7-mioko-and-marshmallow-692327) starting around 24
seconds in.

Is Mioko's accent a specific regional accent, or is it just one of those made
up bizarre speech patterns that anime specializes in?


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What's up with Mioko's speech pattern?


The dreaded TV Tropes has some pretty [good notes on Japanese
dialects](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/JapaneseDialects).
The use of _ora_ instead of _ore_ and being used by women in particular is an
element of the Tohoku dialect. It also compares the dialect to US English
'hillbilly' accents, which matches with the subtitling.

It does not list the use of _de gasu_ in place of _desu_ , but the notes are
hardly comprehensive. Or it could be a personal thing for Mio5.


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