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==The | ==The meaning of Konoko== | ||
The page for [[Konoko]] offers the interpretation of her name ("this child") that [[User:Iritscen|I]] most prefer. However, I think it's important to note here, for those who aren't familiar with the way Japanese works, that one must always be careful when interpreting names based on a breakdown into syllables. The actual meaning of a name must be determined by the [[wikipedia:kanji|kanji]] with which it is written. Simply hearing a word or seeing it written in Roman letters like "Konoko", you don't know what kanji make it up, or even how many kanji. ''Therefore, you cannot know the real meaning of the name.'' If a person only knew the syllables, they could just as easily break down "konoko" as "ko no ko", meaning "child of child", "child of sin", "price of sin", etc., but none of these are likely to be correct if you consider Konoko to be a "proper" Japanese name that is based in kanji. To my knowledge, there is no official representation of Konoko's name in the form of kanji. | The page for [[Konoko]] offers the interpretation of her name ("this child") that [[User:Iritscen|I]] most prefer. However, I think it's important to note here, for those who aren't familiar with the way Japanese works, that one must always be careful when interpreting names based on a breakdown into syllables. The actual meaning of a name must be determined by the [[wikipedia:kanji|kanji]] with which it is written. Simply hearing a word or seeing it written in Roman letters like "Konoko", you don't know what kanji make it up, or even how many kanji. ''Therefore, you cannot know the real meaning of the name.'' If a person only knew the syllables, they could just as easily break down "konoko" as "ko no ko", meaning "child of child", "child of sin", "price of sin", etc., but none of these are likely to be correct if you consider Konoko to be a "proper" Japanese name that is based in kanji. To my knowledge, there is no official representation of Konoko's name in the form of kanji. | ||
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But again, that's of limited value because name meanings do not come from the kana. | But again, that's of limited value because name meanings do not come from the kana. | ||
==Occurrences of Oni | ==Occurrences of Oni names in the "Real World"== | ||
Do the quotes on "real world" seem strangely disdainful of reality as we know it? Oops. Oh well. Here is a place for listing actual places where names and places from Oni show up. Again, it's not a matter of whether these occurrences have any significance, but just for the sake of showing that we found something weird/interesting. If it's not self-evidently weird or interesting, explain why you find it so. | Do the quotes on "real world" seem strangely disdainful of reality as we know it? Oops. Oh well. Here is a place for listing actual places where names and places from Oni show up. Again, it's not a matter of whether these occurrences have any significance, but just for the sake of showing that we found something weird/interesting. If it's not self-evidently weird or interesting, explain why you find it so. | ||
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: Now let's put it into readable English. | : Now let's put it into readable English. | ||
:: ''You must not pamper this child therefore [its] selfishness!'' | :: ''You must not pamper this child therefore [its] selfishness!'' | ||
:::Ah, thanks, paradox, that makes more sense. --[[User:Iritscen|Iritscen]] 15:33, 31 March 2008 (CEST) | |||
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:Actually the company here is [http://www.conocophillips.com/index.htm ConocoPhillips]. The [http://www.ruvr.ru/main.php?lng=eng&q=5473&p=18.12.2006 English article] and the [http://www.ruvr.ru/main.php?lng=rus&q=16166&p=21.12.2006 Russian one] were apparently not written by the same team of highly trained monkeys. Sheesh. | :Actually the company here is [http://www.conocophillips.com/index.htm ConocoPhillips]. The [http://www.ruvr.ru/main.php?lng=eng&q=5473&p=18.12.2006 English article] and the [http://www.ruvr.ru/main.php?lng=rus&q=16166&p=21.12.2006 Russian one] were apparently not written by the same team of highly trained monkeys. Sheesh. | ||
::[[User:Geyser|geyser]] 22:48, 27 March 2008 (CET) | ::[[User:Geyser|geyser]] 22:48, 27 March 2008 (CET) | ||
:::Oh! LOL. Everyone's heard of ConocoPhilips, but for some reason substituting Ks for Cs made it unrecognizable to me. --[[User:Iritscen|Iritscen]] 15:33, 31 March 2008 (CEST) | |||
*'''Konoko's Ovaries?!''' | *'''Konoko's Ovaries?!''' | ||
This alarming note from a bonafide Japanese person, at http://www.spc.int/coastfish/news/BDM/19/BDM_19.pdf, page 3: | This alarming note from a bonafide Japanese person, at http://www.spc.int/coastfish/news/BDM/19/BDM_19.pdf, page 3: | ||