How to pronounce sixes
Listen to sixes 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.
“sixes” in real sentences
62 clips in the index · 10 American · 14 British · 7 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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like it the year sixes are usually horrible year sixes anyway I was reading my and
British Library · hear it here
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So, right now we're doing table sixes today.
U.S. Army · hear it here
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the payment, compared with 92 per cent for under-sixes.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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the payment, compared with 92 per cent for under-sixes.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of sixes. 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.