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Strawberry should be spelled with an H (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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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..

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[–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

I've never paid mind to it, but I think I pronounce it like you do. If I focus on not hitting the sh sound it sounds English, my normal accent is West-coast American.

Straw, strength, strip, all of those words I place a blending sh sound before the tr sound. If anything it might sound closest to 'schrawberry'.

Interesting! I'll pay attention to how others say it going forward.

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