STR Sound Profile Here are some facts about the "STR" sound. It is: 1) blended into one sound in American English, 2) in words like "stroll, straight, and stream", 3) not a thing in several other languages, 4) said like an "skr" in a few English dialects. You may have heard things like “across the skreet or skraight outta Compton”. Accents are influenced by where you are from and your social group. Radio personality from South Carolina has acknowledged his struggle with saying “STR” sound. #kendratsays Neither way is right or wrong, it’s just a difference.
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 This month I shared a shortish story of my Speech pathology beginnings. Picture it, a daycare center in Detroit MI, a 12 yo boy with special needs, articulation and language disorders, and behaviors that had gotten him ejected from other daycares. I decided to take on the challenge of providing as much care, support, and education as I could being only a high school senior. I taught him speech sounds so he could say names and objects more clearly, talked to him about using his words instead of acting out, showed attention and praise for positive behaviors, and checked him on his negative behaviors because he wasn’t getting kicked out of my daycare (I had worked my way up to a high level position in my time there). I was doing speech pathology-type work before I went to college and learned that it was a real job! We formed a solid bond so that he responded well to my influence and would report other staff to me saying “I’m gonna tell Dender.” Remember I told you how I helped him say names more clearly? Well Dender was not quite Kendra but def better than how he started saying my name. He was my young homie (friend) and I often wonder how he turned out. {{The point is....My passion for helping people speak more clearly and with confidence started decades ago.}}
STR sound Profile. The STR blend is: said as one sound in American English, not a thing in other languages, and said like "skr" in a few American English dialects. Examples of STR words: stroll, straight, stream. You may have heard things like “across the skreet or skraight outta Compton”. Accents are influenced by where you are from and your social group. A Radio personality from South Carolina has acknowledged his struggle with saying “STR” sound as this a characteristic of the South Carolinian dialect. #kendratsays Neither way is right or wrong, it’s just a difference.
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