verb
- (intransitive, cricket) To deliver googlies.
- (intransitive, cricket) To move as a ball in a googly.
- (transitive) To search for (something) on the Internet using the Google search engine.
Google uses American pronunciation.
One of the most noticeable differences in pronunciation between AmE and BrE is that when words like hot, cop, cot, etc. are pronounced,
the o is pronounced as "ah" in AmE while it is pronounced as ɒ in BrE.
Here is a complete guide to learn British pronunciation (phonetic alphabet included) by BBC.
If you would like to hear how words are pronounced in British English, you may want to use the British Macmillan Dictionary. (But don't confuse yourself with the American Macmillan Dictionary, there is a small difference between their URLs.)
Answer from user19341 on Stack ExchangeGoogle uses American pronunciation.
One of the most noticeable differences in pronunciation between AmE and BrE is that when words like hot, cop, cot, etc. are pronounced,
the o is pronounced as "ah" in AmE while it is pronounced as ɒ in BrE.
Here is a complete guide to learn British pronunciation (phonetic alphabet included) by BBC.
If you would like to hear how words are pronounced in British English, you may want to use the British Macmillan Dictionary. (But don't confuse yourself with the American Macmillan Dictionary, there is a small difference between their URLs.)
I can confirm Google uses American Pronunciation.
I searched for lambaste and the American pronunciation [lam'beist] was used where in British English it's [laem'baest] — hated it, really put my nose out of joint.
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This is more of a workaround.
If you use the pronunciation function on https://translate.google.co.uk instead of just using the Google UK search bar, it will pronounce the word using the British accent.
https://translate.google.co.uk/#auto/en/world
As of July 2021 there isn't a way to change Google Translator's English voice to British on desktop version, however there is a little hack to achieve this: visit https://translate.google.co.uk/ (notice it ends of .uk, thus United Kingdom) and it will use British speech.