1. This "names vs. names of names" thing reminds me of people who confuse numbers with numerals. A number is a quantity. A numeral is a symbol for a quantity. Like the difference between a 30-pound stone and the numeral "30" on a scale.
2. I have seen Hanzi in running English text. This is a feature not to be objected against. Like if I do this. Please excuse the sjis or whatever it is; I can't figure out the Hanzi index for the life of me!
I have a reggae CD by one Toshinobu KUBOTA (久○田利伸).
(Excuse the maru; IME no baka!!)
For the 97% of you who wouldn't know a Hanzi from a hole in the ground, just use the romaji. For the rest of us, we have the Hanzi.
Speaking of Japanese surnames, I was on one site that listed a lot of beautiful Japanese ladies' names. I was thinking, "Sakura, Sakura, Sakura, Sakurai, Sakurai,..." and "Takahashi, Takahashi, Takahashi,..." there were LOTS of duplicates. Their system was ideal: aiueo order for the names, unambiguous romaji (う瘢雹きょう瘢雹-->Ukyoh)... but is Marilyn (まりりん）really a Japanese name??
<ruby><rb>じゅう瘢雹いっちゃん</rb><rp>(</rp><rt>Juuitchan</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>
Well, I guess what you say is true,
I could never be the right kind of girl for you,
I could never be your woman
- White Town
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