How to pronounce hum in British English
“hum” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to hum the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “hum” in: all accents · American English (151 clips)
“hum” in real sentences — British speakers
26 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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There's a constant low-level hum from these things.
The Scottish Parliament
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did not submit an amendment to reflect the need for a hum Humane cable restraint under
The Scottish Parliament
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the select committee with jeremy hum jeremy hunt mr speaker talking of optimism the prime minister
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “hum”
Words one sound away from hum — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “hum”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of hum. 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.