How to pronounce surnames
Listen to surnames 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.
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“surnames” in real sentences
94 clips in the index · 6 American · 23 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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so the Normans brought hereditary surnames to Britain so we did have surnames but they know
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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Let us always use first names and surnames.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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These case files are also arranged by the individuals' surnames.
National Archives · hear it here
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Changing their surnames, if they were ethnic minorities, to names that sounded more Turkish.
CrashCourse · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of surnames. 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.