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# How to pronounce "going mental" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/gɔɪngmɛntæl/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **goin·gmen·tal**

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (4 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "going mental" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "school I'm gonna sit the other says cookery school for kids and there's also a big sort of cookery demo stage so you've got like Mitchell it's now chefs tossing pancakes that's the 10,000 people going mental you all sort of think Phil I mean you were you love all this and and also promoting food promoting chefs fantastic why isn't it down to a turn I"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 1:47](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOI1SYNaG8U&t=107s)

### Example 2
> "one man described feeling of violent Tremor and seeing buildings moving whilst another told reporters that people were in shock and panic holiday makers in Marrakech described feelings of Terror as the earthquake hits start going mental shaking I think at first it felt like I don't know it felt like there was like someone like hoovering like the walls in the room next to us and then we thought maybe"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 1:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qss6ZtI8tHA&t=76s)

### Example 3
> "then you have to also change it and you have to keep repeating the changes you know i worked with somebody once who said i have no coping skills my mother was hypersensitive to lighter noise i couldn't open a packet of potato chips without her going mental we never went to the cinema or the swimming pool or the beach she didn't like light she didn't like noise she didn't like people"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 39:19](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzilnhq3Mkg&t=2359s)

### Example 4
> "well. So, we're going to be pals instantly. I'm so I cannot wait to look online, because I know so many people going to be going mental the fact that"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 1:36](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aPisG2FMZM&t=96s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [going](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/going), [mental](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/mental)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "going mental" correctly?
"going mental" is pronounced `/gɔɪngmɛntæl/`. Syllable breakdown: **goin·gmen·tal**.

### What does "going mental" mean in context?
Refer to real speech examples in the video clips above to observe how native speakers use "going mental" in daily English.

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