Spyke
Japanese be pronouncing the name of Spyke as SU-PAI-KU
sattyammane avatar
@sattyammanereply

What's the matter, my guy? Btw, disclaimer: this post isn't meant to be racist towards Japanese people.

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pyrochazm avatar
@pyrochazmreply

Because it sounds similar to seppuku.

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sattyammane avatar
@sattyammanereply

Su and Se are 2 different sounds tho...😅 Aren't they? Please educate me on this if I'm wrong.

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r0han avatar
@r0han

Hmmm why dont they just stop at the k. Like they are already saying Spy-k the u feels unnecessary.

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yd avatar
@ydreply

The Japanese alphabets (Hiragana & Katakana) only have syllables, also they don't have la (letter L), so they substitute it with R sounds.

So English words that get adopted into Japanese always get some kind of syllable ending.

トイレット (toiretto) - Toilet キットカット (kittokatto) - Kitkat スターバックス (sutaabakksu) - Starbucks

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yd avatar
@yd

スパイケソシアル (Supaike Soshiaru)

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sattyammane avatar
@sattyammanereply

Founder himself saying "Spyke Social" while speaking Japanese.

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