[General] Why does /stress/ always prounciate /sdress/?

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I have a big question about prounciation. I always see 'study' in dictionary prounicated as /studi/, but we acctually prounicate like /sdudi/. What's the reason? And if it is correct, when we prounicate 'stress' as /sdress/?
 

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I have a big question about prounciation. I always see the pronunciation of 'study' in a dictionary [STRIKE]prounicated[/STRIKE] given as /studi/, but we ac[STRIKE]c[/STRIKE]tually [STRIKE]prounicate[/STRIKE] pronounce it as [STRIKE] like[/STRIKE] /sdudi/.
We don't.
Even if we did, the initial /s/ would cause the /d/ to be devoiced, resulting in something that sounded more like /st/ than /sd/
 

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Even if we did, the initial /s/ would cause the /d/ to be devoiced, resulting in something that sounded more like /st/ than /sd/

Thank you very much. If I'm not misunderesting, it is /tr/ not /dr/, even sounded like /dr/? Like /stres/ sometimes sounds /sdres/? How about /sta:/ sounds like /sda:/? Is it the same reason?
 

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Thank you very much. If I'm not misunderesting, it is /tr/ not /dr/, even sounded like /dr/? Like /stres/ sometimes sounds /sdres/? How about /sta:/ sounds like /sda:/? Is it the same reason?
As fivejedjon has said, "st" does not sound like "sd".
 
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