▲ -33 ▼ Strawberry should be spelled with an H (lemmy.world) submitted 7 months ago by surewhynotlem@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 27 comments fedilink hide all child comments Shtrawberry. Drinking shtraw as well. Any time I try and pronounce it with a hard S and not SH, it ends up sounding like a bad 90s parody of a gay man. I practically flounce. I can't be the only one..
[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 7 months ago* (2 children) Shtraw as well. And sthrength. But I can pronounce stuck, stoop, etc just fine. It's "str" that's the issue. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 7 months ago (1 child) may I ask what your first language is? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 7 months ago New Jersey permalink fedilink source parent [–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago (1 child) Either speech impediment or German. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 7 months ago I've worked with a lot of Germans. I'm convinced those are the same thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 7 months ago (1 child) may I ask what your first language is? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 7 months ago New Jersey permalink fedilink source parent
[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago (1 child) Either speech impediment or German. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 7 months ago I've worked with a lot of Germans. I'm convinced those are the same thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 7 months ago I've worked with a lot of Germans. I'm convinced those are the same thing. permalink fedilink source parent