How to pronounce wight
Listen to wight in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“wight” in real sentences
84 clips in the index · 56 British · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Tara Wight is absolutely right.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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the isle of wight just give me a moment the member for the isle of wight
UK Parliament focus · hear it here
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>>Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight) (Con): The Isle of Wight zoo is having difficulty importing
UK Parliament · hear it here
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So Hooke, he was born in 1635 on the Isle of Wight.
The Royal Society · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of wight. 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.