"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.

> 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. Are you suggesting that if one does not reply to the
original post they waive any right to comment later?

> Gowen's comment is not "hyberbole" and my response is emphatic
> because his is clearly false in the majority of cases. With
> regard to womens names there are very few kanji that are used
> solely for their sounds, eg A, KA, KI, NA, YU (I can't write
> kanji on this machine). Why has KO been largely dropped from
> girls names? Men are given kanji like strong, honest, pure for
> good reason.

Ko has been dropped because it has fallen out of fashion. Pure and simple.
People got tired of hearing xyzKO everytime they meet a girl. Do you think
Ethyl fell out of fashion because of what it means? And there are many, many
name kanji that are used solely for their sound. That kanji have meanings
(sometimes) 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.