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How to pronounce shakespeare in American English
“shakespeare” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to shakespeare the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “shakespeare” in: all accents · British English (102 clips)
“shakespeare” in real sentences — American speakers
86 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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And she fell in love with Shakespeare, and she took a Shakespeare course.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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We could have done a Shakespeare in the Park production.
State Department
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This story again from Shakespeare the good man will teach his son.
US National Archives
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of shakespeare. 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.