How to pronounce pounds in British English
“pounds” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to pounds the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“pounds” 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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pounds on public services?
The Scottish Parliament
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the defense budget will rise from 34 billion pounds today to 40 billion pounds.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “pounds”
Words one sound away from pounds — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “pounds”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of pounds. 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.