How to pronounce phones in American English
“phones” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to phones the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“phones” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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enforced stop using your mobile phones over there not cell phones mobile phones um prevalence rate
NTSB
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never held smart phones, cell phones, been on the internet.
The Obama White House
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We didn't have cell phones, we didn't have smart phones.
FEMA
Words that sound like “phones”
Words one sound away from phones — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “phones”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of phones. 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.