How to pronounce pay in British English
“pay” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to pay the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“pay” 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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pay awards and non-pay inflation.
The Scottish Parliament
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about to get a serious pay cut. Cuts to Sunday pay, bank holiday pay
UK Parliament
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arrangements, if you want generators to pay less, consumers have to pay more.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “pay”
Words one sound away from pay — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “pay”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of pay. 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.