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How to pronounce tones in British English

“tones” pronunciation by British speakers

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

“tones” in real sentences — British speakers

31 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. I heard the duet tones of Mr.

    The Scottish Parliament

  2. web detail over base tones and it gradually sort of builds up.

    UK Parliament

  3. tones between dark and light and highlighting um certain areas that project and darkening you know

    UK Parliament

Words that sound like “tones”

Words one sound away from tones — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.

Other forms of “tones”

Why real speech

A dictionary gives you one careful reading of tones. 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.

Nearby words

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