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Originally Posted by Buckeyephan
In the grand scope of things, this is really trivial but still makes my ears hurt. There seems to be a trend for those on TV and elsewhere to substitute "sht" for the blend "st." On the news tonight, I heard shtreet, shtrong, firsht, wesht and others. Maybe it is the speech therapist in me that cringes every time I hear this. Thanks for listening.
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It looks to me like a fair number of people on t.v. have an underbite because of orthodontics done a long time ago (and their jaw kept growing as they passed into adulthood?).
Also, many on t.v. have had facelifts and have some facial paralysis or numbness.