How to pronounce contractions
Listen to contractions 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.
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“contractions” in real sentences
168 clips in the index · 25 American · 21 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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and uterine contractions.
The Royal Society · hear it here
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brunt of these market contractions.
Dept of Justice · hear it here
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clearly not in having contractions."
UK Parliament · hear it here
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plain language instead of contractions?
FAA · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of contractions. 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.