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| Pronouncing “str” like “shtr” as in “shtrong” “shtrange” | February 25, 2014 |
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Pronouncing “str” like “shtr” as in “shtrong” “shtrange”
I just wish they would "shtop" it already. I'm tempted to write to some of these announcers and journalists and ask them to start sounding out words phonetically. Would they teach their children to read using this "shtrange" pronunciation?