mukade wrote:
> Brett Robson <info@secret-web.com> wrote in message news:<cggs67$7vk$2@nnrp.gol.com>...
> 
>>Kevin Gowen wrote:
>>
>>>Caspar Milquetoast wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. Damn, got the eternal
>>>>problem of trying to impress the hell out of a beautiful woman--this
>>>>one happens to be Japanese. Her name is Asami. Can anyone help me out
>>>>with a definition of this name? I know that it also depends on how its
>>>>written in Kanji, but a general all-purpose definition for the name
>>>>would help.
>>>
>>>
>>>Jap names are just like ours, Cap. They don't mean shit. Make something 
>>>up on the spot and she'll wow over your memorization of baby name books.
>>>
>>
>>Complete bullshit, if that were true all given names would be 
>>written in hiragana or katakana.
> 
> 
> Do names written in hiragana or katakana have less meaning than those
> in kanji?
> 
> I think what Kevin is trying to say is, although parents may have
> spent a long time choosing a name, most people pay little attention to
> its meaning. Many people would be unable to tell you the meaning
> without asking their parents.
> 
I think Kevin was just bullshitting and everyone (except Brett) fell for it.

John W.