[Battlemesh] [bufferbloat-fcc-signers] making wifi fast - analysis and ideas

[David Hilton]

That's an interesting point. The Chinese pronunciation is like sure, but
also has the pitfall of its close neighbor "si" being similar to death:
https://youtu.be/pS9QAhSBfhE?t=75
Japanese doesn't have the "r" sound, so the closest sound would be "shu,"
with "su" also being acceptable.

David

On Nov 11, 2015 3:30 AM, "Jonathan Morton" <chromatix99 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> > On 10 Nov, 2015, at 19:45, David Hilton <quercus.aeternam at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > It is also similar to a chinese words:
> >
> > Chinese: shì (sure) - City, yes/correct, scholar,  to release/set free,
> to look at, to show, strength/influence/momentum, persimmon…
>
> In Japanese, “shi” means “death”.  This is a very bad thing, to the point
> where buildings often omit floor 4 (or even any floor with the digit 4),
> because one word for 4 is also “shi”.
>
>  - Jonathan Morton
>
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