How to pronounce ransom in British English
“ransom” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to ransom the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “ransom” in: all accents · American English (781 clips)
“ransom” in real sentences — British speakers
98 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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party hostage and today and today we have got the ransom note and the ransom note
UK Parliament
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Ransom is also a national security threat.
The Scottish Parliament
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Given that local authorities are being held to ransom by bus operators who are pulling out
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “ransom”
Words one sound away from ransom — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of ransom. 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.