How to pronounce except
Listen to except in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“except” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 852 American · 688 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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I Everyone was drinking except except me.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 153:49 · hear it here
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Except that never happens.
Federal Reserve · watch from 54:02 · hear it here
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except in certain situations.
USDA · watch from 2:06 · hear it here
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except for a pen and Inkwell at either end the walls were bare except
National Archives · watch from 3:47 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of except. 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.