Clips need JavaScript: the YouTube player has to be driven from the page. The sentences
with carlisle below are plain text.
How to pronounce carlisle in British English
“carlisle” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to carlisle the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “carlisle” in: all accents
“carlisle” in real sentences — British speakers
166 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
-
borders railway to Carlisle.
UK Parliament
-
running to Dumfries and Carlisle.
The Scottish Parliament
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of carlisle. 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.