How to pronounce cannae
Listen to cannae in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“cannae” in real sentences
87 clips in the index · 87 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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How can it be that we cannae get people and people cannae get jobs?
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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I apologise to Mr Mundell that I cannae do that.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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who, unlike the Prime Minister, cannae nip into Waitrose for their shopping, or even turn on
UK Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of cannae. 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.