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How to pronounce maybes
“maybes” pronunciation in British and American English
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“maybes” in real sentences
77 clips in the index · 1 American · 7 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Parliament today is another set of maybes aye, maybes no.
The Scottish Parliament
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Few maybes, few yeses, occasionally.
UC Berkeley CTO Bill Allison
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find a mixture of sort of maybes and noes so the maybes might be the spirit
Université de La Réunion
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- I think why have you maybes.
The Royal Institution
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Why real speech
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