How to pronounce fawkes
Listen to fawkes 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.
“fawkes” in real sentences
10 clips in the index · 62 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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>> Fawkes: Guy Fawkes Master Catesby.
UK Parliament · hear it here
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boat on the thames another catholic guy fawkes was not so lucky the tower of london
Penguin Books UK · hear it here
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the other side of the road Guy Fawkes Night was two weeks ago they had a
British Library · hear it here
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celebrate Guy Fawkes night and other occasions with flowers but he's plainly right that they are
UK Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of fawkes. 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.