Is it shi or si?


When I chat using romaji, Japanese people will always use si instead of shi,
for example yorosiku instead of yoroshiku, siteru instead of shiteru. Do
Japanese people actually pronounce shi as si?




It's the difference between [Hepburn
romanization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepburn_romanization) and [Wapuro
romanizaton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C4%81puro_r%C5%8Dmaji). Adults
generally use Hepburn system for person names, signboards, posters and such (し
= `shi`, づ = `zu`, じゃ = `ja`). But when they need to type ordinary Japanese
sentences using romaji, they (almost unconsciously) use wapuro style because
it's more efficient and unambiguous (し = `si`, づ = `du`, じゃ =
`zya`/`jya`/`ja`). You don't have to type `shi` to get し when you can get the
same character by typing `si`.

Please remember that wapuro style **has nothing to do with pronunciation**.
That's just an input method, how they type hiragana/katakana on keyboards.
Don't assume anything about pronunciation based on English alphabet.




It's the difference between [Hepburn
romanization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepburn_romanization) and [Wapuro
romanizaton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C4%81puro_r%C5%8Dmaji). Adults
generally use Hepburn system for person names, signboards, posters and such (し
= `shi`, づ = `zu`, じゃ = `ja`). But when they need to type ordinary Japanese
sentences using romaji, they (almost unconsciously) use wapuro style because
it's more efficient and unambiguous (し = `si`, づ = `du`, じゃ =
`zya`/`jya`/`ja`). You don't have to type `shi` to get し when you can get the
same character by typing `si`.

Please remember that wapuro style **has nothing to do with pronunciation**.
That's just an input method, how they type hiragana/katakana on keyboards.
Don't assume anything about pronunciation based on English alphabet.

