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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And that's an X with a Chinese pronunciation, no doubt.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Chinese has sh, x is a different sound.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

sh is a retroflex sibilant whereas x is an alveolo-palatal sibilant. They are both sibilants so they have a shared quality, but indeed "xitter" and "shitter" doesn't sound quite the same.