How to pronounce tale in British English
“tale” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to tale the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “tale” in: all accents · American English (217 clips)
“tale” in real sentences — British speakers
174 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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These are not fairy tale policies.
The Scottish Parliament
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Parliament's tale is a tale to savour whatever your taste or political flavour a thousand years
UK Parliament
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like a Grimms fairy tale is Tolpuddle Martyrs.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “tale”
Words one sound away from tale — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “tale”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of tale. 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.