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- From: fugitt@tempus.Corp.Sun.COM (Lem Fugitt - Nihon Sun US Office)
- Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
- Subject: Re: Japanese name !!
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 00:57:16 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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- References: <C18CA1.4x4@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
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- In article 4x4@news.cso.uiuc.edu, aijuin@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Ruler of the Sun) writes:
- <=>ksbeh@napier.uwaterloo.ca (Tere K.S. BEH) writes:
- <=>
- <=>>Sorry guys and gals. I would like to know how can I tell by
- <=>
- <=>>his or her name if he/she is a guy or a gal . Just curious.
- <=>
- <=>>Is there any formula for it ? (hee)
- <=>
- <=>A safe bet that if a name ends with -ko, it's a feminine name.
- <=>
- <=>Akira Ijuin
- <=>
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- Almost, but not quite. I've run across a few Japanese men whose
- first name ends with -ko. Actually the corresponding kanji meaning
- is child though it often appears in compounds with the meaning
- (implication?) of tiny thing, particle, or piece.
-
- Based on personal experience I would guess that about one out of every
- hundred -ko's is a man.
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