pronunciation of stuff in the u.s.

ikea-イケア
godiva-ゴディヴァ
costco-コストコ

Hey, just listed some names of some shops that are also in the U.S. but are pronounced differently.
It's usually pronounced...

ikea-アイキア
godiva-ゴダイヴァ
costco-コスコ

So that was a wierd thing for me pronouncing the shops. Other than that the slang-ヨーチェケラッチョ I dunno if every one who knows a bit English recognized this but it's actually "Yo check it out you all". which was a bit a surprise to me lol.

Other pronunciation I can think of right now are air conditioning. In Japan it's "air con" but in the U.S. we abbreviate it to "A.C."
"coke a cola" in Japan it's "cola" but in the U.S. it's "coke"
"gum tape" in Japanese in the U.S. it's "duck tape"

well so on... xb