The spelling of the word "Stroock" may seem unusual, but it follows the rules of English phonetics. The first syllable is pronounced as "stroo" with a long "oo" sound represented by IPA phonetic transcription as /u/. The second syllable is pronounced as "k" with a hard consonant represented as /k/. The double "o" in the first syllable indicates that the vowel sound is elongated, and the double "o" in the word is representative of a diphthong sound, making the pronunciation /stru:k/.