How to pronounce lightning in British English
“lightning” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to lightning the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “lightning” in: all accents · American English (998 clips)
“lightning” in real sentences — British speakers
55 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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So, Rosebank and Jack are lightning rods, right?
The Scottish Parliament
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This Government moved at positively lightning speed by comparison with the right hon.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “lightning”
Words one sound away from lightning — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of lightning. 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.