Is friendship pronounced as friendchip?

CharmYou Is friendship pronounced as friendchip? Is the 'sh' pronounced as the 'ch'? It sounds like a 'ch', like 'friendchip', as the 'ch' in 'chip'.

No, their pronunciations are very different. 'Chip' is represented by an affricate sound 'tsj' as in cheat, Charlie, chance, chat. The 'sh' in friendship on the other hand is pronounced 'sj' as in 'shall, Shirly,

dokterjokkebroka combination of /s/ and /j/

I have to differ with you on this. It's a single sound, not a combination.

/?/ ("sh") is postalveolar, whereas /sj/ requires a move from /s/, which is alveolar, to /j/, which is palatal.

You may find something similar there because you have to pass over the postalveolar area to make the move from /

CharmYouIs friendship pronounced as friendchip?

No. It's more like /'fr?n??p/.

A barely audible sycophant /d/ will sound out almost automatically in the transition between /n/ and /?/, but don't force it.

CJ

the d in friendship can sometimes make the sh sound closer to a "ch" sound. But if you think of it as actually having a ch as in chip, you'll end up pronouncing it too hard and it will not sound right.
In some places, the d is passed over a little bit and the word sounds a little closer to "fren-ship"

CalifJimI have to differ with you on this. It's a single sound, not a combination./?/ ("sh") is postalveolar, whereas /sj/ requires a move from /s/, which is alveolar, to /j/, which is palatal

You're absolutely right. I was struggling with representing /?/ orthographically, which obviously I shouldn't have done with <sj>. When I was learning this, it was

Thanks a lot.