How to pronounce initials
Listen to initials 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.
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“initials” in real sentences
248 clips in the index · 107 American · 18 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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always initials and abbreviations.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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Um there are no initials.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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initials in the temperature log.
CDC · hear it here
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That's a lot of initials.
Dept of Justice · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of initials. 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.