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How to pronounce cockatoo
“cockatoo” pronunciation in Australian and New Zealand English
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“cockatoo” in real sentences
50 clips in the index · 4 Australian · 2 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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I've got two uh two parrots um and uh a molokan cockatoo and a Triton cockatoo
The Graham Norton Show
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We have the black grevillea and the glossy black cockatoo.
DCCEEW
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And so I commit to just it's this giant white cockatoo.
Team Coco
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>> SOME PEOPLE THINK IT'S A CHILD, A MARIACHI, OR EVEN A LARGE COCKATOO.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Why real speech
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