necoandjeff wrote:
> 
> 
>>>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?

"questioning your motive", not demanding one.



> 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.

You are talking shit.


> 
> 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.
> 

Very good, you've stumbled upon the kanji "kana", which if you
look closely I refered to previously. However they all have
meanings. The first is NA and means "what" and forms the words
abyss and ikaga. My colleague Aki suggested you look up the word
for zinc and next (tsugu).


> 
>>>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.
> 

No that is the antonym.