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How to pronounce bacon in British English

“bacon” pronunciation by British speakers

Listen to bacon the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.

“bacon” in real sentences — British speakers

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  1. potatoes gone there was bacon and egg and then there was bacon and bacon and I

    The Scottish Parliament

  2. of bacon for example from from Denmark

    UK Parliament

Words that sound like “bacon”

Words one sound away from bacon — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.

Why real speech

A dictionary gives you one careful reading of bacon. 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.

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