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How to pronounce such in American English
suhch
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Americans pronounce such as suhch (/sʌtʃ/). You'll hear it in sentences like "It was such a cheap price for this quality" or "It is hard to park such a large car in the darker part" — more examples below.
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uh/ʌ/
Relax your lips, jaw, and tongue completely. Drop your jaw slightly and keep the tongue neutral.
ch/tʃ/
Touch the front of your tongue to the roof of your mouth, then release into a 'sh' position. Flare your lips.
In real conversation
Hear "such" in the wild.
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"He monitors vital signs such as heart rate and blood pressure."
hee MAH·nuh·terz VAHY·duhl SAHYNZ suhch uhz HART RAYT and BLUHD PREH·sher
"I feel so blessed to have such wonderful friends and family."
ahy FEEL SOH BLEHST tuh HAV suhch WUHN·der·fuhl FREHNDZ and FAM·lee
"It is hard to park such a large car in the darker part."
iht ihz HARD tuh PARK suhch uh LARJ KAR ihn dhuh DAR·ker PART
"It is such a small world running into you here of all places."
iht ihz suhch uh SMAHL WURLD RUH·nuhng IHN·too yoo HEER uhv AHL PLAY·suhz
"It was such a cheap price for this quality."
iht wuhz suhch uh CHEEP PRAHYS fer dhihs KWAH·luh·tee
"The monologue was delivered with such emotion that people cried."
dhuh MAH·nuh·lahg wuhz duh·LIH·verd wihth suhch uh·MOH·shuhn dhuht PEE·puhl krahyd
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Common pronunciation mistakes in American English.
The textbook way isn't wrong — it's just not how anyone actually says it.
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Pronouncing the first syllable too fully.
Don't pronounce the first syllable too fully. The unstressed syllable reduces to a schwa — the lazy "uh" sound — in casual speech.
SUHCH→suhch
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Is the American pronunciation of "such" different from British English?
American English uses different vowel shapes, a relaxed retroflex R, and connected-speech tricks like flap-T and glottal-stop T that British Received Pronunciation generally avoids. The respell "suhch" reflects the casual American form; British dictionaries typically print a citation form with crisper consonants and different vowel choices.
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