How to pronounce silences
Listen to silences 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.
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“silences” in real sentences
128 clips in the index · 10 American · 6 British · 4 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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translate silences into stories.
British Library · hear it here
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It self-silences us, right?
Big Think · hear it here
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We speak silences with greenish tongues.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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And like it or not that silences people.
60 Minutes Australia · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of silences. 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.