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by nonbirithm 2100 days ago
Or how Siri means "buttocks" in Japanese?
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It’s oshiri, not Siri.
Actually the 'o' is a modifier for politeness. It seems there's a version of the word without an 'o'.

https://jisho.org/search/shiri

I'm aware... But the word isn't pronounced the same anyway, and I've never heard it used without the o either.