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How to pronounce chimes in British English

“chimes” pronunciation by British speakers

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

“chimes” in real sentences — British speakers

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  1. music for Big Ben chimes?

    UK Parliament

  2. That certainly chimes with me, as a rural person.

    The Scottish Parliament

  3. That chimes very much with the point that you are making.

    The Scottish Parliament

Words that sound like “chimes”

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

Other forms of “chimes”

Why real speech

A dictionary gives you one careful reading of chimes. 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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