How to pronounce backgrounds
Listen to backgrounds in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“backgrounds” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 280 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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from deprived backgrounds or ethnic minority backgrounds?
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 89:47 · hear it here
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from minority ethnic backgrounds.
UK Parliament · watch from 19:43 · hear it here
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and other secular backgrounds.
State Department · watch from 0:59 · hear it here
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have very different backgrounds.
CDC · watch from 18:57 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of backgrounds. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.