How to pronounce new in British English
“new” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to new the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“new” 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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because we all like the new glossy new project.
The Scottish Parliament
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40 new hospitals as part of the new hospital programme.
UK Parliament
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to working with them to develop new support for new entrants.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “new”
Words one sound away from new — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “new”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of new. 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.