How to pronounce stale in American English
“stale” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to stale the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “stale” in: all accents · British English (41 clips)
“stale” in real sentences — American speakers
100 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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That's yesterday's stale thinking.
The Obama White House
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We’ve grown a little stale, gotten a little fat.
National Archives
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Data coming out every ten years gets really stale, really quickly.
Census Bureau
Words that sound like “stale”
Words one sound away from stale — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
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