"Brett Robson" <info@secret-web.com> wrote in message
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> necoandjeff wrote:
> > "Brett Robson" <info@secret-web.com> wrote in message
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> >>Are you Gowen's new attack dog? Nice, he needs friends,
> >>especially as now the USMC have declined to issue him with any.
> >
> >
> > I just call them like I see them.
>
> You need glasses.

Fine. Let's leave Kevin out of it then shall we?

> >>If you are so interested in explaining this then why didn't you
> >>reply to initial post?
> >
> >
> > I require a certain amount of activation energy unless it is a topic I'm
> > really interested in.
>
> Have another cup of Java.

I gave up caffeine recently, which may be part of the problem.

> >Are you suggesting that if one does not reply to the
> > original post they waive any right to comment later?
>
> I am questioning your motive not your rights, I thought that was
> obvious.

Mens rea is an element of proper posting now in addition to preserving the
right to post?

> > Ko has been dropped because it has fallen out of fashion. Pure and
simple.
>
> You don't know that, and you don't know many girls apparently.
> How many Japanese girls do you know in San Fransico? Seriously
> the rarified atmosphere of sci.lang.japan won't teach you much.

Dream on. I'd say that, over the past 17 years, 8 1/2 of which were spent
living in Japanese, most of which were spent hanging out with Japanese
rather than seeking out foreigners the way so many do, and most of which
were spent seeking the company of women (platonic and otherwise) over men,
I've met several thousands of Japanese women. And it has been my habit to
always make it a point to ask them not only what their name is but how to
write it. Partly because it is an easier mnemonic for remembering their
name. Often this would result in a conversation about what the kanji mean,
but rarely, if ever, did I meet someone who actually thought their name
itself meant something.

> > People got tired of hearing xyzKO everytime they meet a girl. Do you
think
> > Ethyl fell out of fashion because of what it means?
>
> Names like Friend, Chasity and Hope certainly did. George too but
> for different reasons.

Well, those names are unique because they are more likely to be given
because of the clean meaning they have, given that they are also everyday
words. I've never said that names never have meaning. I'll bet parents are
quite conscious of the name Ebony when they name their daughter that too.
But it is the exception rather than the rule.

> > And there are many, many
> > name kanji that are used solely for their sound.
>
> "Many, many" is about how many? More than 46? Or more like 2000?

Haven't counted. Does it matter? You said there were very few. What does
that mean, 2? 8?

> > That kanji have meanings
> > (sometimes)
>
> Only some kanji have meanings? Japanese is a phonetic language?

Yes. There are some kanji that don't have any particular meaning. At least
not a meaning that anyone thinks about or concerns themself with. Would you
like to define 奈? Try asking 100 Japanese what it means and see how many
replies you get. Ask them about 亜 while you're at it, and perhaps 由.

> >and that those meanings are sometimes a factor in choosing the
> > specific kanji for a phonetically chosen name, does not mean that a name
has
> > meaning.
>
> If I had studied logic I would probably have a term to describe
> that statement, arguing something new. But regardless that is
> quite different to "They don't mean shit." Strange you seem to
> know what Gowen means better than he does.

I believe the term is truism.

Jeff