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How to pronounce yous in American English
“yous” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to yous the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “yous” in: all accents
“yous” in real sentences — American speakers
48 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Just two other thank-yous.
The Obama White House
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I really just wanted an opportunity to stop by and to say thank yous, thank yous
State Department
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Um I just wanted to say a couple thank yous.
NASA
Words that sound like “yous”
Words one sound away from yous — 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 yous. 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.