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Children early 1900s and now--ex from Tarkington's Penrod Jasper
Have you read the Penrod series--Penrod, Penrod and Sam, and Penrod Jasper??
In the 3rd Penrod wants to be a detective and is writing a diary as if he is a detective. He explains to his buddy Sam that he wants to study and solve crime.
BUT.....Penrod pronounces the word 'shrime'!!
He is a 12 yo boy of the upper middle class in the Midwest of the early 1900s and he has never heard anyone pronounce the word 'crime'!!
Booth Tarkington grew up in that world and apparently thought that was normal for a boy of that class in that time and place.
Today every 3yo has doubtless heard the word pronounced.