How does the intonation of ありがとう vary between dialects? I recall in my speaking/listening class last semester in Japan, when we were discussing proper intonation in the standard dialect, that the intonation of varied rather widely between dialects (i.e. on which mora the intonation rises and falls). Can someone please refresh my memory? **How does the intonation of vary between dialects?** Please also see the question I've posted in meta regarding notating intonation: What notation should we use for showing the pitch accent of words?

~~In Nagoya, is pronounced as LHLLL~~ (see below), where L and H mean low and high pitches, respectively. I think that this is the same in Tokyo, too.

_Correction_ : According to the publisher webpage on the book by Haruo Kubozono, the accent pattern of the word is as follows:

> * Tokyo: LHLLL
> * Nagoya: LLHLL
> * Osaka: LLLHL
> * Kagoshima: LLLHH
>


I admit (with sadness) that I confused the traditional Nagoya pronunciation with the Tokyo pronunciation.