How to pronounce uncles in American English
“uncles” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to uncles the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “uncles” in: all accents · British English (60 clips)
“uncles” in real sentences — American speakers
150 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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my country like my uncles.
Dept of Labor
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and uncles, grandparents, best friends.
State Department
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Mamas and papas and uncles and aunts.
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “uncles”
Words one sound away from uncles — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “uncles”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of uncles. 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.