How to pronounce names
Listen to names in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“names” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 881 American · 744 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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first names and surnames and avoiding other such names.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 11:19 · hear it here
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Because I want to name this GEO names or geography names.
Census Bureau · watch from 21:35 · hear it here
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I looked down one row, and I saw three names — same names.
State Department · watch from 3:48 · hear it here
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Place and feature names...
USGS · watch from 3:02 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of names. 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.