How to pronounce hay in British English
“hay” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to hay the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “hay” in: all accents · American English (171 clips)
“hay” in real sentences — British speakers
135 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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I will move to Stuart Hay.
The Scottish Parliament
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MALCOLM HAY: Daniel Maclise was no expert in fresco.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “hay”
Words one sound away from hay — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “hay”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of hay. 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.