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I disagree with you completely. Straight and здравствуйте are nothing alike.

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Notice just the STR was highlighted.

I made a typo, but meant: It's a voiced version of straight,...

Meh, it's just a voiced version of straight.

The Z is less audible than the D anyway.

There is a Д (a D) in the word! You can't just miss it out cos you feel like it

зДравствуйте

the first в isn't pronounced though.