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    From HenHanna@NewsGrouper@user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid to sci.lang.japan,soc.culture.japan,sci.lang,alt.usage.english on Sun Jun 29 18:12:25 2025
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    HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> posted:

    On 10/29/2023 7:04 AM, Jim wrote:
    On Sun, 29 Oct 2023 02:00:40 -0000 (UTC), Spiros Bousbouras wrote:

    I am referring to the name uU|ocioaO .Is this influenced by the European >> name which sounds the same (assuming that it does sound the same ,
    I haven't actually heard uU|ocioaO pronounced) or is the similarity a
    coincidence ? Does the name mean something ? I know the meaning of the
    individual kanji but my dictionary doesn't say anything about the
    combination.

    The characters are being used for their pronunciation, their
    phonetic value: E RI KA.

    As is common, there are other pronunciations (readings) for
    these kanji, so you may need to know which of the possibilities
    is intended or possible.

    Cheers!

    jim b.





    uU|ocioaO -- is there another reading?

    Other common names (like this one, a Hybrid names) are:

    rica (rika)
    Lisa, Risa ,

    Arisa, Alyssa

    Naomi



    I could add that... there is now a famous Skateboarder named Coco.
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  • From HenHanna@HenHanna@devnull.tb to sci.lang.japan,soc.culture.japan on Sun Jun 30 13:20:20 2024
    From Newsgroup: sci.lang.japan

    On 10/29/2023 7:04 AM, Jim wrote:
    On Sun, 29 Oct 2023 02:00:40 -0000 (UTC), Spiros Bousbouras wrote:

    I am referring to the name uU|ocioaO .Is this influenced by the European
    name which sounds the same (assuming that it does sound the same ,
    I haven't actually heard uU|ocioaO pronounced) or is the similarity a
    coincidence ? Does the name mean something ? I know the meaning of the
    individual kanji but my dictionary doesn't say anything about the
    combination.

    The characters are being used for their pronunciation, their
    phonetic value: E RI KA.

    As is common, there are other pronunciations (readings) for
    these kanji, so you may need to know which of the possibilities
    is intended or possible.

    Cheers!

    jim b.



    uU|ocioaO -- is there another reading?

    Other common names (like this one, a Hybrid names) are:

    rica (rika)
    Lisa, Risa ,

    Arisa, Alyssa

    Naomi


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