"shr" pronunciation.

SpaceFlight   Wed May 02, 2007 8:18 pm GMT
I pronounce "shr" in words like "shrimp", "shrink", "shred" etc. is [Sr\], but I have a marine biology teacher who has [sr\] for those words. Does anyone here have [sr\] there?
Lazar   Thu May 03, 2007 12:33 am GMT
I use [Sr\] in all those words, and I don't think I've ever heard anyone use [sr\] there. However, I did notice a while ago that m-w.com lists [sr\] as an alternate pronunciation for those words, labeled "especially Southern" (see http://mw1.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shrimp for example).
Travis   Thu May 03, 2007 12:35 am GMT
I have heard people at work who pronounce clusters of /S/ followed by another consonant within an onset as having [s] instead. However, I primarily hear this in the pronunciation of German last names, which might mean that such clusters are not as nativized in the individual's dialect as they are in many North American English dialects, such as that here. (Remember that such clusters, aside from /Sr/, are not native to English, and while such have been largely nativized in many NAE dialects such may not have been nativized at all in, say, many English English dialects.)

Of course, whether the above applies to the cluster /Sr/ is another matter - I have not noticed the individual in question use a word which has such a cluster to begin with.
SpaceFlight   Fri May 04, 2007 1:06 am GMT
<<I don't think I've ever heard anyone use [sr\] there. However, I did notice a while ago that m-w.com lists [sr\] as an alternate pronunciation for those words, labeled "especially Southern" (see http://mw1.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shrimp for example).>>

Well that makes sense considering the fact that she's originally from Northern Georgia.
Sho   Fri May 04, 2007 10:36 am GMT
I pronounce them with /Sr/ but I also have /Sri LAnk@/ for Sri Lanka.
Gabriel   Fri May 04, 2007 3:33 pm GMT
I've also heard the reverse, classroom being [kl{Sru:m] for example.
unnge   Sun May 06, 2007 6:53 am GMT
i pronounce it sir hehehehhehe
Guest   Sun May 06, 2007 9:57 am GMT
>>I've also heard the reverse, classroom being [kl{Sru:m] for example.<<

What the... clashroom?