How to pronounce dirt in British English
“dirt” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to dirt the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “dirt” in: all accents · American English (663 clips)
“dirt” in real sentences — British speakers
81 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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as if they were pieces of dirt.
The Scottish Parliament
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dirt and restoring some of the vibrancy to the painting.
UK Parliament
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I have got dirt under my fingernails and I have been covered in soot.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “dirt”
Words one sound away from dirt — 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 dirt. 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.