--- title: "How to pronounce \"grawl\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"grawl\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/a9ottUEiIm8/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/grawl" --- # How to pronounce "grawl" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/græwl/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **grawl** ## Meaning & Usage ### NOUN - A young salmon; grilse ### Example Sentences - "Just like the grawlix." - "Both of those were instrumental in early research on the grawlix and it helped us get our start." ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (10 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "grawl" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "It solves a problem and creates a feeling. Just like the grawlix. It’s the fun of transgression and the punishment, all in one smush of symbols." - **Watch at 3:06**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9ottUEiIm8&t=186s) ### Example 2 > "First, if you’re interested in language nerdery like this, check out Language Log and the writing of Ben Zimmer. Both of those were instrumental in early research on the grawlix and it helped us get our start. However, I do not wanna brag here, but we did find some early grawlixes that are even earlier than the previously known ones." - **Watch at 3:44**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9ottUEiIm8&t=224s) ### Example 3 > "They could show music and weird stuff like ideas, and this - the first known grawlix. Now it’s hard to be certain that this really was the first grawlix. But suddenly in 1902 and 1903, there were a @!@$$$ ton of them, and only a few comics were innovative enough to employ the new device." - **Watch at 2:23**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9ottUEiIm8&t=143s) ### Example 4 > "However, I do not wanna brag here, but we did find some early grawlixes that are even earlier than the previously known ones. If you want to learn about the research process for something as weird as a grawlix, Vox has a membership program called the Vox Video Lab where there are a ton of extra videos and information. In the Videolab, I have made a video about my research process and exactly how I nerded out over these 1900s comics and found a ton of @#*$* grawlixes." - **Watch at 3:58**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9ottUEiIm8&t=238s) ### Example 5 > "Sometimes words showed up on the Yellow Kid. Two comics pushed that innovation to the next level and invented a lot of what we know today - probably including grawlixes. The Katzenjammer Kids made a paneled story mainstream, showing some naughty little @ #*$s who always got spanked." - **Watch at 1:35**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9ottUEiIm8&t=95s) ### Example 6 > "Those speech bubbles were more visceral than captions. They could show music and weird stuff like ideas, and this - the first known grawlix. Now it’s hard to be certain that this really was the first grawlix." - **Watch at 2:15**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9ottUEiIm8&t=135s) ### Example 7 > "In December 1902, the Katzenjammer kids joined in with Lady B. These trailblazing comics established how you talk in comics with speech bubbles, and with the grawlix, they established how you showed you just don’t give a!@#!!. This is a 1 kiloherz sine wave." - **Watch at 2:42**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9ottUEiIm8&t=162s) ### Example 8 > "visual language was being invented. This is Beetle Bailey cartoonist Mort Walker, and in addition to making soldiers say stuff like!(@!@#(*, he coined the term “grawlixes” for the obscenity symbols, in an essay published for comic artists and later anthologized." - **Watch at 0:28**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9ottUEiIm8&t=28s) ### Example 9 > "Both of those were instrumental in early research on the grawlix and it helped us get our start. However, I do not wanna brag here, but we did find some early grawlixes that are even earlier than the previously known ones. If you want to learn about the research process for something as weird as a grawlix, Vox has a membership program called the Vox Video Lab where there are a ton of extra videos and" - **Watch at 3:49**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9ottUEiIm8&t=229s) ### Example 10 > "If you want to learn about the research process for something as weird as a grawlix, Vox has a membership program called the Vox Video Lab where there are a ton of extra videos and information. In the Videolab, I have made a video about my research process and exactly how I nerded out over these 1900s comics and found a ton of @#*$* grawlixes. So, check it out if you want to see how it happened." - **Watch at 4:08**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9ottUEiIm8&t=248s) ## How to Pronounce "grawl" - **Syllables**: grawl - **IPA**: `/græwl/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Pronunciations [graal](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/graal), [graaf](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/graaf), [grab](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/grab), [grabs](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/grabs), [grace](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/grace), [grad](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/grad), [grade](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/grade), [gradol](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gradol) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “grawl”? “grawl” is pronounced /græwl/ (grawl). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### What does “grawl” mean? A young salmon; grilse ### How can I hear “grawl” used in real sentences? This page has 10 real-world video examples of “grawl” with synchronized subtitles. 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