How to pronounce local in American English
“local” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to local the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“local” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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local, local, local activities and loaded them into this database so that, when someone said --
CDC
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to local police. And the local FBI field office stands
Dept of Justice
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assistance include local community groups, nonprofits, tribes, and local governments.
National Park Service
Words that sound like “local”
Words one sound away from local — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “local”
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.