tarellzqNon-English Names
GladaedOk, but x sounding like sh is not ok. We need to normalize spelling stuff like it’s pronounced. Otherwise every language is going to become like the English.
It doesn’t really sound like “sh” though, it is a different phoneme. You place the tip of your tongue in the centre of the gum ridge behind your bottom teeth, rather than the top one. They have that noise as well, and - unsurprisingly I suppose - it is written “sh”.
Do people place the tip of their tongue on something when pronouncing “sh”?
Not quite, but that’s where the channel for the air is formed, if you see what I mean. Placing the tongue is a cue for teaching the tongue position.