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How to pronounce telegraph in American English

“telegraph” pronunciation by American speakers

Listen to telegraph the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.

“telegraph” in real sentences — American speakers

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  1. had a telegraph key and uh the telegraph line they ran to where the telegraph line

    Smithsonian Air & Space

  2. the first telegraph cipher.

    National Archives

  3. Nick Allen of The Telegraph.

    State Department

Words that sound like “telegraph”

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