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Dalen Johnson wrote:
The difference is that we say:
1 - ich (eech) without the 'i' at the end
6 - rok (long 'o') without the 'u' at the end
7 - hard to understand them, but it sounds like chee most the time without shi at the beginning
8 - hach (hah tch) without the 'i'
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Those differences are merely between pronouncing the words elaborately or in an everyday fashion. Sort of the same as the English "I am" or "I'm".
But it gets more complicated. There are alternative pronounciations. For example, 7 can also be pronounced nana, and 4 yon.
The latter is often used instead of "shi" to avoid saying a word that sounds the same as the Japanese word for death.