How to pronounce southern in American English
“southern” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to southern the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“southern” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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She’s a Southern woman, Southern sympathies, former slave holder.
National Archives
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southern coastal California.
USGS
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southern and central Louisiana.
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “southern”
Words one sound away from southern — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “southern”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of southern. 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.