How to pronounce local
Listen to local in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“local” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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local local needs and local priorities.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 84:59 · hear it here
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Local Government and local authorities.
UK Parliament · watch from 34:31 · hear it here
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Um, >> local your local bands.
Federal Reserve · watch from 3:05 · hear it here
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and local- please- age local- please- agencies- local- please- agencies- combined local- please- agencies- combined wit
Dept of Justice · watch from 10:08 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of local. 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.