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Oct 5, 2011

Siri Sounds like Ass in Japan. Literally.

You'd think the smart people at Apple might check for this kind of thing in advance. Japan's giggling in the wake of iPhone 4S' birth, as voice control wizard Siri sounds a lot like shiri—ass. Oops!

The WSJ's Yoree Koh reports the confusion is so bad that Google Japan actually asks users if they'r searching for 尻 (shiri) when they enter Siri. While I'm sure a lot of Japanese browsers are in fact looking for ass online, most of them are just trying to get the scoop on the new iPhone. Not that Siri will support Japanese in the first place.

One (poorly Google-translated) Japanese tweet really says it all: "IPhone devices can talk and magical ass."
 
 

9 comments:

  1. OutcastOctober 5, 2011 at 8:04 AM

    Lmao! Pretty unprofessional of Apple. Guess they can't do anything about it now though.

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  2. MoOctober 5, 2011 at 8:25 AM

    Well hard to find new product names. At least I heard about this Siri now because Japan finds it funny ;). So apple wins.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 5, 2011 at 8:33 AM

    Nice post!

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  4. AnonymousOctober 5, 2011 at 9:10 AM

    Oops, they should've checked that before they made it!

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  5. Igneel21October 5, 2011 at 10:07 AM

    escuse my weaboness but isnt it "oshiri"?

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  6. AdamOctober 5, 2011 at 10:30 AM

    I know a lot of Japanese for a newbie, and I didn't know Shiri. Hahah you learn something new everyday.

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  7. AtleyOctober 5, 2011 at 1:06 PM

    And this is just another thing leading me towards the Android market.

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  8. HamOctober 5, 2011 at 2:25 PM

    south-park turrets- ASS!!!!

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  9. The OffenderOctober 6, 2011 at 11:53 AM

    It is good that it has a name to go along with its look.

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