The dialect is flying thick and fast at Shikokuchuo City Hall. Today I was asked: 手がだい？ Huh? So I quizzed the members of the planning division. 手がたい is Mishima-ben for 手が怠い（手がだるい） and 怠い (normally written with kana) means sluggish. Just another way of saying 手が疲れた （てがつかれた）- are your hands tired?
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September 02, 2004
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