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- From: rhb@world.std.com (Robert H Brueckner)
- Subject: Re: Japanese name !!
- In-Reply-To: f67709907@violet.ccit.arizona.edu's message of 23 Jan 93 16:32:17 MST
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- Also, let's not forget that female names ending in "e" used to be
- widely popular (don't know if they still are, but I've heard some),
- i.e. "Yoshie."
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- And, of course, there are the "o" and "ro" (or "rou") endings for men.
- I'm sure there are others as well, but nobody's pointed these out yet
- so I thought I'd get in my two yen worth.
-
- RB
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