How to pronounce tails in British English
“tails” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to tails the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “tails” in: all accents · American English (223 clips)
“tails” in real sentences — British speakers
46 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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horse tails would be an unnecessary and disproportionate response.
The Scottish Parliament
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we had to fit the counterbalances within the tails of the hands.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “tails”
Words one sound away from tails — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “tails”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of tails. 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.