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I think that is it alright.
I think most English words sounds a bit off when Japanese-ised.
Well, there is off and there is adding a random extra syllable at the beginning, however as long as it’s the right Japanese-ized version of my name I guess I’ll just get used to it. Thank you!
It’s not really a “random” extra syllable – I agree that ワイト would work better, but adding the ホ is like when people overemphasise the H and pronounce it hwhite or hwhale or cool hwhip.
It’s kind of an old-style transliteration – the name “White” has been known to the Japanese for a long while.
Thanks, now cool hwhip and hair pies will come to mind when I introduce myself in Japanese.
I suppose having an extremely generic name worked out well for translation purposes, but less well for my not wanting to call myself a ho. Thank you for the insight.
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