[layer8]

> Siri means ass in Japanese.

Not exactly, that’s shiri. It’s just that si doesn’t exist as a sound in Japanese, so they approximate it with shi.

It’s also a form of shiru = to know, as in shiriai = acquaintance, so not totally inappropriate.

[vore]

Only Westerners who use Hepburn would write it as shiri. Most native Japanese speakers use Nihon-shiki where they would absolutely write siri.

[dymk]

Wouldn't they write シリ? Why would they use a romanization at all?

[vore]

To type kana with their keyboards on their computers.