Re: Japanese name?

On 30 May 2006 08:57:42 -0700, "ax" <anton.xie@xxxxxxxxx> posted the
following:

Not the worst I've seen, but still silly.

I did google for kickbottle which indeed sound silly.
but I would like to hear your opinion on why 三川安敦 sounds silly
to you.
For I don't find it silly at all.

It is not us, but native speakers who find it silly.

In the years I have studied Japanese, I have heard native speakers say
over and over again that they consider it silly for a foreigner to
write his name in kanji.

Just last week I was having dinner with a number of people, including
some native Japanese speakers, and they were unanimous in saying that
if they saw a foreigner write his name on kanji on a business card,
they would consider it unprofessional and wonder if the person was
being serious.

If it's just something you want to write as a joke every so often,
that's fine, but I would never try to use your name written in kanji
in a serious context.

-Chris
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