harumi said she saw a doujinshi that said the same thing. Makes sense to me. :)
I think Utada is usually written in kanji and it's only Hikaru that's katakana-ized? I heard somewhere that it's because she was born in the US. But it would certainly make her more accessible for kanji-lazy people.
Nah, I haven't met anyone with a really interesting family name. But I do have a couple of kids named Ryouma.
I know Kaede can be a boy's name because there's a male character in Slam Dunk named Kaede. Rukawa Kaede. I think it's slightly girly, since the character has a pretty face. But don't quote me on that.
I have a student named Hikaru who I thought was a boy for the longest time...until I saw her in a skirt one day (she always wore her gym clothes before that). Took me a few minutes to process that she wasn't cross-dressing or anything.
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Date: 2007-06-26 10:07 am (UTC)I think Utada is usually written in kanji and it's only Hikaru that's katakana-ized? I heard somewhere that it's because she was born in the US. But it would certainly make her more accessible for kanji-lazy people.
Nah, I haven't met anyone with a really interesting family name. But I do have a couple of kids named Ryouma.
I know Kaede can be a boy's name because there's a male character in Slam Dunk named Kaede. Rukawa Kaede. I think it's slightly girly, since the character has a pretty face. But don't quote me on that.
I have a student named Hikaru who I thought was a boy for the longest time...until I saw her in a skirt one day (she always wore her gym clothes before that). Took me a few minutes to process that she wasn't cross-dressing or anything.