How to pronounce thou in American English
“thou” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to thou the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “thou” in: all accents · British English (45 clips)
“thou” in real sentences — American speakers
94 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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already clearly outlined in code with some regulatory thou shall and thou shall not kind of
FEMA
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"On second thought, thou come along, just in case something goes wrong."
The Obama White House
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A person returns a sturgeon to the river text Where Art Thou?
US Fish & Wildlife Service
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.