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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[–] 3 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Do you have this problem only with "strawberry" or also with "straw" alone? What about other words beginning with str-, like street or straight?

My first language doesn't have syllable-initial st-, yet pronouncing any of these words is no problem for me at all in English.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 9 months ago* (4 children)

    Shtraw as well. And sthrength. But I can pronounce stuck, stoop, etc just fine. It's "str" that's the issue.

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