How to pronounce puns
Listen to puns 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.
“puns” in real sentences
124 clips in the index · 6 American · 16 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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studied a collection of French puns and observed that the puns of the targets never differed
Austrian Research Institute for AI (OFAI) · hear it here
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I promise you, no puns intended.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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Lots Par of golfing puns available there.
ABC News In-depth · hear it here
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Bad puns are still good pattern recognition.
CrashCourse · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of puns. 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.