How to pronounce cans in British English
“cans” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to cans the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “cans” in: all accents · American English (246 clips)
“cans” in real sentences — British speakers
128 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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It can ship empty cans up and full cans back.
The Scottish Parliament
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act to wreck the Scottish deposit return scheme for bottles and cans.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “cans”
Words one sound away from cans — 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 cans. 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.