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- From: JTOMEI@OREGON.UOREGON.EDU
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- Subject: Re: references for personal and place names
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- Date: 18 Nov 92 17:13:31 GMT
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- For a useful text on Japanese names (personal, place and otherwise) I would
- recommend PG O'Neill's Japanses names, published by Weatherhill. I used it when
- I was working in a board of education in Japan and I was never stumped. The
- only problem is that some first names have two or more readings, all eqully
- valid. If you have a way and the money, plus a penchant for electronic stuff,
- they have a lot of electronic address books in Japan that you can input what
- you think is the correct reading and see if you were right. I don't know about
- the new wordtank having a proper name list, but i heard that they wanted to add
- a card with that info on it.
- Joe Tomei, University of Oregon
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