How to pronounce prawn
Listen to prawn 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.
“prawn” in real sentences
58 clips in the index · 24 British · 6 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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that prawn salad, prawn salad, prawn salad."
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
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the prawn fishery trawling industry.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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And I know that Roy Keane talks about the prawn prawn sandwich brigade, but the gentrification
British Library · hear it here
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disparages it the prawn cocktail offensive is just plain offensive these days.
UK Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of prawn. 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.