How to pronounce straws in British English
“straws” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to straws the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “straws” in: all accents · American English (65 clips)
“straws” in real sentences — British speakers
56 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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people who needed to use plastic straws.
The Scottish Parliament
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(Pupil)...and 36.4 billion plastic drinking straws.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “straws”
Words one sound away from straws — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “straws”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of straws. 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.