The Kansai dialects are said to have a "sing-song" quality because their pitch accents differ from standard Japanese, which comes from the Tokyo dialect.
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Sing-song
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"Everything's well, everything's swell," he told me with a sing-song voice, and I had no choice but to believe him.
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Tobias called out in a sing-song way: "Isabella, where are you?"
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As Jürgen Klopp took Sadio Mané in his arms and spun him like a beloved ballroom partner, there was a moment of sing-song communion with the Kop. They love these big fat emotional notes here.
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