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Shtreet
March 12, 2011 9:51 am
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Did you say "shtreet"? The str sound is becoming shtr in the mouths of English speakers. Grant explains that this pronunciation of "street" as "shtreet" is simply a feature of language β sort of the consonant version of a diphthong. This is part of a complete episode.
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