How to pronounce parochial
Listen to parochial 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.
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“parochial” in real sentences
152 clips in the index · 21 American · 54 British · 4 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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I will wear my parochial hat.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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Let's not be quite so parochial.
British Library · hear it here
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I would like to get a little parochial.
RNZ · hear it here
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So the only other school system was the parochial school system.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of parochial. 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.