How to pronounce thou in British English
“thou” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to thou the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “thou” in: all accents · American English (94 clips)
“thou” in real sentences — British speakers
45 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Now the net costs are 3 thou 3,343
The Scottish Parliament
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contact with members so that thou sitting in the room in the public build committee would
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “thou”
Words one sound away from thou — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of thou. 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.