>> It works for those who speak English.
>
>  And who exactly is that? I assume you realize that, for example, people
> from Alabama pronounce English rather differently than people from 
> Britain,
> Scotland or Australia? The exact same words may be pronounced rather
> differently in these English-speaking countries.

They probably pronounce sudoku in their local accent though, you would sound 
a bit weird and out-of-place if you tried to sound exactly like a Japanese 
person saying it outside of Japan.

So what you're really trying to explain to people is that the Japanese Su/Ku 
letters rhyme with the English words "do" and "to", and the Japanese Do 
rhymes with a quickly spoken "saw" (OK those might not be the only or most 
accurate English words, but you get the idea).  If you pronounce the words 
to/do/saw differently, then chances are everyone is going to pronounce 
sudoku differently anyway, so you'll be fine.

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