How often have you heard this line during a cricket match - the batsman went forward and smothered the spin. It is a pet phrase of many commentators especially Suresh Saraiyya, Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri. And these three are guilty of making millions of Indians mispronounce this word. That is why I always say that people in the media have a responsibility for making a greater effort. I mean, how do you explain the fact that even yesterday (after 25 years as a commentator) Sunny Gavaskar mispronounced this word. This by the way, is the same man who translated bread and butter shot as 'chapaati shot', which lead many westerners to believe that it was some kind of special shot (like the doosra).
The word is pronounced as s-mother (it rhymes with mother). The commentators (some of them) pronounce it as smaw-ther (स्मॉदर).
The right pronunciation is s-mother (स्मदर).
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