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I and all Russians I converse with pronounce "дрожжи" with hard 'ж'. But you're right, this word sounds fine with soft 'ж' too. I didn't realize that. I also pronounce 'ж' as a hard consonant in...

I've never heard the soft ж either (except for the cases when Russians fool around with their accents). When I try pronouncing one, it sounds unnatural. That's not a norm. By the way, wikipedia is...