How to pronounce speech in British English
“speech” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to speech the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “speech” in: all accents · American English (1,000+ clips)
“speech” in real sentences — British speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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It is not a speech within a speech.
The Scottish Parliament
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made it clear, in both the Lancaster House speech and the Florence speech, that
UK Parliament
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cabinet secretary started her speech.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “speech”
Words one sound away from speech — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “speech”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of speech. 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.