How to pronounce yon
“yon” pronunciation in American, British and Australian English
Listen to yon 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.
“yon” in real sentences
152 clips in the index · 3 American · 2 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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powering left and hither and yon.
Tom Scott
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I think we should bring back "yon."
Ling Thusiasm
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big planets, and were flung hither and yon.
CrashCourse
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Yon LeMoult, who's development director at OECD.
Intelligence Squared
Words that sound like “yon”
Words one sound away from yon — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of yon. 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.