How to pronounce tons in British English
“tons” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to tons the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“tons” in real sentences — British speakers
420 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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around 1,000 tons to now only 20 tons in 2019.
The Scottish Parliament
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into five million tons per one to five million tons of co2 per year through direct
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “tons”
Words one sound away from tons — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “tons”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of tons. 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.