How to pronounce selves in British English
“selves” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to selves the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “selves” in: all accents · American English (135 clips)
“selves” in real sentences — British speakers
45 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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that their younger selves probably would not have taken too much notice of their older selves.
The Scottish Parliament
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The colleges are now shadows of their former selves.
The Scottish Parliament
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the longevity of the collection collection items stored on open selves without any protection are exposed
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “selves”
Words one sound away from selves — 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 selves. 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.