How to pronounce shale in American English
“shale” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to shale the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “shale” in: all accents · British English (71 clips)
“shale” in real sentences — American speakers
57 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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gas domestically, principally through exploiting our shale resources.
The Obama White House
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Those oil shale-producing facilities produce a huge amount of emissions as well.
USGS
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Shale exploration has created waves of wealth and jobs in the United States.
State Department
Words that sound like “shale”
Words one sound away from shale — 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 shale. 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.