How to pronounce own in British English
“own” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to own the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“own” 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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their own rate return, their own and their own objectives.
The Scottish Parliament
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his own environment and his own history as well.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “own”
Words one sound away from own — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “own”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of own. 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.