How to pronounce except in American English
“except” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to except the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“except” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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No, except, except we sent it a little early.
The White House
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I said except except except that there are disagreements and let's go litigate those disagreements rather
Voice of America
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Except maybe the centralized
NIH
Words that sound like “except”
Words one sound away from except — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “except”
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.