How you write a sound simply depends on the language you use. Depending on the language, the same characters are articulated differently. E.g. the "c" in Ukrainian Одеса has to be written as two "s" in German to sound about the same, in English one "s" is sufficient and in Greek it is again two "σ". 🤷

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Perfect explanation

Interesting. I know nothing about linguistics. Still doesn't seem right to me to write it with one s. I will try. Let's see...

Odesa

Bliah seems ugly 😊

For you maybe) For me it’s native