How to pronounce hmm in British English
“hmm” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to hmm the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“hmm” in real sentences — British speakers
29 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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specify questions that can't be asked to have a have a think hmm
The Scottish Parliament
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nonsense nonsense and should be called out as nonsense hmm I have another question here
The Scottish Parliament
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hmm start with those okay so these are all very good questions and we could spend
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “hmm”
Words one sound away from hmm — 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 hmm. 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.