How to pronounce pound in British English
“pound” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to pound the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “pound” in: all accents · American English (877 clips)
“pound” 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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that every pound I think you said every pound needs every pound spent uh has to
The Scottish Parliament
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million pound or 100 billion pound to nationalize the water industry.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “pound”
Words one sound away from pound — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “pound”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of pound. 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.