How to pronounce olde
“olde” pronunciation in American English
Listen to olde in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“olde” in real sentences
58 clips in the index · 1 American. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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welcome at the Olde Main.
Nebraska Public Media
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Calm down, ye olde folks.
CrashCourse
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get in ye olde printing times.
Ling Thusiasm
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tend to say ye as in ye olde curiosity shop.
British Library
Words that sound like “olde”
Words one sound away from olde — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “olde”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of olde. 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.