How to pronounce names in British English
“names” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to names the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “names” in: all accents · American English (1,000+ clips)
“names” in real sentences — British speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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first names and surnames and avoiding other such names.
The Scottish Parliament
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>> Coke: Their names Fawkes.
UK Parliament
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the names of any nominees.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “names”
Words one sound away from names — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “names”
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.