How to pronounce gay in American English
“gay” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to gay the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “gay” in: all accents · British English (441 clips)
“gay” 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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any terrible stories about gay servicemen and gay servicewomen.
The Obama White House
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black gay men, black women, followed by Latinx gay men.
NIH
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Superfortress bomber, "Enola Gay."
Smithsonian Air & Space
Words that sound like “gay”
Words one sound away from gay — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “gay”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of gay. 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.