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How to pronounce brackets in British English
“brackets” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to brackets the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“brackets” in real sentences — British speakers
140 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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under rule 9.8.4A for a small brackets C closed brackets.
The Scottish Parliament
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He added, in brackets, that he was “not joking”.
The Scottish Parliament
Other forms of “brackets”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of brackets. 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.