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All of those just sound easier to pronounce, even though "sympatico" is kinda longer than necessary. My point is that almost all the Fediverse software has awkward to pronounce names which doesn't really help with the initial adoption.
Someone mentioned a name to designate words with two syllables as a good way to name products (Twitter, Apple, Google, Netflix), but I can't find it back.
I mean, it is what it is... The name is over a decade old, and was likely selected because it sounded "technical". Friendica came about only a couple of years after facebook opened up for the wider public.