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…
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…
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.
Shtraw as well. And sthrength. But I can pronounce stuck, stoop, etc just fine. It’s “str” that’s the issue.
Either speech impediment or German.
may I ask what your first language is?