How to pronounce laird
Listen to laird 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.
“laird” in real sentences
57 clips in the index · 7 American · 48 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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the green laird approach.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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In other words, I had the Secretary of Defense, that was Laird.
GAO · hear it here
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She worked in the kitchen, Cammell Laird Shipyard in Birkenhead, and she fought for equal rate
UK Parliament · hear it here
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the Air Force and combat tactics in the Republic of Vietnam Defense Secretary Melvin Laird announced
National Archives · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of laird. 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.