How to pronounce italics

Listen to italics 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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“italics” in real sentences

55 clips in the index · 16 American. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. I have a thing about italics writers who are endlessly filling their dialogue with italics because

    Penguin Books UK · hear it here

  2. (D&C 87:3; italics added.)

    Light and Truth · hear it here

  3. Anything that is in italics tends to be CDP.

    Census Bureau · hear it here

  4. They don't care if it's in italics or bold.

    The Royal Institution · hear it here

Why real speech

A dictionary gives you one careful reading of italics. 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.

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