How to pronounce getting in British English
“getting” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to getting the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“getting” in real sentences — British speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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We are getting older as a population, getting sicker and, as a result of getting sicker,
The Scottish Parliament
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getting poorer is a country getting sicker. Health and wealth must go together.
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are not getting what I am getting. Like Willie Rennie and others, I have
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “getting”
Words one sound away from getting — 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 getting. 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.