How to pronounce haiku
Listen to haiku 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.
“haiku” in real sentences
66 clips in the index · 11 American. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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- [Audience Member] Try a haiku.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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So yeah, I wrote this haiku.
ABC News In-depth · hear it here
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have to be haiku like really haiku like it's almost a yes no uh and a
Intelligence Squared · hear it here
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Collins: I decided I would write a haiku.
NIH · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of haiku. 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.