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How to pronounce tones in American English
“tones” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to tones the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “tones” in: all accents · British English (31 clips)
“tones” in real sentences — American speakers
181 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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EXPERIMENT WITH SPECIAL INFORMATION TONES.
FTC
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do not get relayed through the Orbiter the tones will keep uh the tones will keep
NASA
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tones, but people to me were expressing them more in tones of community leaders feeling frustrated,
Dept of Justice
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.