Comments on: Don’t Say “Domo Arigatou” Because It Makes You Sound Like You’re Mentally Deficient: Styx Lied To You Because They Are Terrible Lying Liars

By: Mr. Blithe

Mr. Blithe — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:06:46 +0000

Maybe I’m just totally off base then. I will say, though, that while I was living up north in Iwate I never heard anyone say “domo arigatou.” There could be many reasons for this: regional speech patterns, me being unobservant, or it might even have been the way that I was spoken to as a foreigner was different or more formal from how people would speak to their friends. But I admit that I am not any kind of expert on the Japanese language.

By: Maryann

Maryann — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:30:00 +0000

I beg to differ. I have heard Japanese people use the phrase “domo arigatou” all by its lonesome. In fact on one occasion the man jokingly added the “Mr. Roboto” (that was on a televised awards show.) So Japanese people are aware of the song and do say “domo arigatou.”

I guess I’ll leave it to someone else whether or not they merely use it for the benefit of stupid, clueless Americans, though.

By: Angantyr

Angantyr — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 09:42:23 +0000

Interesting. My girlfriend always says ''doumo arigatou'', ''doumo ni arigatou'' and ''arigatou gozaimasu'' interchangably with me. I guess it depends on the person.

By: Mr. Blithe

Mr. Blithe — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:27:14 +0000

Trippy. It might be a regional thing I guess–where I lived I certainly never heard anyone use the term “doumo arigatou,” but I was up North in the mountains. And I’m certainly no expert on the Japanese language, but I do remember my students laughing and mimicking me when I used the phrase “doumo arigatou” the first week of school.

By: seb

seb — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:47:15 +0000

i just had a japanese guy say “DOMO ARIGATOU” to me and i googled it to see what it meant exactly, and I found on this site: “but you will never, ever hear a Japanese person use the phrase “doumo arigatou.” That just doesn’t happen.” interesting…