It was more or less a joke, and yes daru(i) (Hiragana) is Japanese and means the same as DARU (Katagana):
怠い 【だるい】 (adj) (uk) sluggish, feel heavy, languid, dull, (P)
Claus
The finishing 'u' is sometimes spoken, sometimes not (desu:male: des female=desu spoken)
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Von: Gabriel Landini [mailto:G.Landini@xxxxxxxxxx]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. Januar 2004 16:34
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Betreff: Re: VMs: AW: Re: VMs- geography - and does "dar" mean something in Russian ?
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 15:16, Anders, Claus wrote:
> Dar dar dar = Japanese "daru daru daru" (the "u" at the end is not
> spoken and means "dull dull dull".
So according to this, 'monkey' in Japanese should be "sar"? I don't think so. "Daru" as "dull" is not Japanese, it is the so-called 'katakana-go' (anything
non-Japanese written in katakana, loosing all original pronunciation). Like
makudonarudo baagaa :-)
Cheers,
G.
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