What does しゅごい mean?


I'm reading a manga and I can't for the life of me figure out what this phrase
is supposed to mean; I've never seen it before.

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This looks like a slurred or lisped version of すごい ("awesome").

Slurred or lisped pronunciation is often marked in Japanese by using different
kana. In the example above, す is swapped out for しゅ. Years ago, my wife had a
DoCoMo phone that had an animated bear that would appear and say various
things in a funny lisped accent, where all the "s" sounds were swapped out for
"f" sounds. The bear would say things like げんき でふぉう, or とても ふき でふ！

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Please comment if the above does not address your question.

