> Japanese speakers have a penchant for brevity. Long words get shortened to 3 or 4 syllables.
True
> 7-Eleven (“sebun irebun”) becomes “sebu-ire”.
I don’t think so. We, in most cases, use “seven (se-bu-nn)”instead.
True
> 7-Eleven (“sebun irebun”) becomes “sebu-ire”.
I don’t think so. We, in most cases, use “seven (se-bu-nn)”instead.
If you read Japanese: https://ima.goo.ne.jp/column/article/2059.html
tl;dr: It's shortened differently in different parts of Japan. Sebun in Kanto, Sebu-ire in Kansai.
Hilariously, there is apparently a small number of people who call it "BunBun"