How to pronounce illiterate in British English
“illiterate” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to illiterate the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“illiterate” in real sentences — British speakers
98 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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and he was functionally illiterate.
The Scottish Parliament
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This politically illiterate, unilateralist international posturing is unreal.
The Scottish Parliament
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The Opposition are economically illiterate, and they would wreck the economy.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “illiterate”
Words one sound away from illiterate — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
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