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seupocheu · TOPIK 1
sports
⚽🏀 English loanword: seu-po-cheu = s-por-ts, with eu vowels padding the consonants
Korean syllables cannot hold consonant clusters, so the filler vowel eu is slotted in: s becomes seu, por becomes po, ts becomes cheu. Strip the eu sounds and the English word sports reappears.