--- title: "How to pronounce \"mixed message\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"mixed message\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/9TlAUfIdDZU/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/mixed-message" --- # How to pronounce "mixed message" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/mɪksɛdmɛssɪdʒ/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **mi·xed·mes·sage** ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "mixed message" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "talking about fighting corruption they were talking about s smaller concerns that they had but um you know did I I think jaia did understand the the kind of mixed message um you know he thought there was a way to take a softer line to compromise and to essentially harness this energy for the good of China and not to view it as a threat to the state you know the the turning point was was" - **Watch at 10:16**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TlAUfIdDZU&t=616s) ### Example 2 > "recently walked back remarks that he wouldn't hesitate to use the nuclear weapons if necessary saying he was confident there would never be a need the mixed message is little Comfort to belarus's Neighbors belarus's leader Alexander lukashenko takes possession of a nuclear weapon in miniature form the replica of the first Soviet nuclear bomb made in 1949 was a" - **Watch at 0:16**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ug47S0YS14&t=16s) ### Example 3 > "forecast for interest rates going forward show that the pace of any increases seems to be scaled back so we'll try and walk you through that somewhat mixed message in here let me walk you through the most important part of the statement here it deals with the forward guidance consistent with its previous statement the committee judges that an increase in the target range for the federal funds rate remains unlikely at the April fomc meeting the committee" - **Watch at 0:12**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVCqxsgPwF0&t=12s) ### Example 4 > "So you get all these competing images, and the great thing is we don't really know what the true Alexander was or what his motivations were. It's a mixed message. - Why do you think the Roman Empire lasted" - **Watch at 65:05**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyoVVSggPjY&t=3905s) ### Example 5 > "of business but i'd immediately follow on by saying but if you don't change you will fail now that's a mixed message i know but then i would explain it and say look if the change is going to make a massive quantum leap forward make the change if you're uncertain about it it's not worth the risk because the change will be detrimental because" - **Watch at 14:45**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-NJZJOAz88&t=885s) ### Example 6 > "that something wonderful could happen. The post ended with the words, "And God bless the great people of Iran." And demonstrating once again his mastery of the mixed message, the president's post was set against a backdrop of continuing hostilities in Iran and in the wider Middle East. Tehran's Sharif University of Technology, often considered the MIT of Iran, the institution was reduced to rubble after" - **Watch at 0:46**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeCD9oQM5lc&t=46s) ### Example 7 > "pce and core pce at 1.3 to 1.4% for 2015 also Mark lower than what we saw before so somewhat of a mixed message they're ready to start raising interest rates when they're not telling us when when they do start to move it will not be as aggressively as perhaps they were first indicating back in December" - **Watch at 3:48**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVCqxsgPwF0&t=228s) ### Example 8 *Accent: UK* > "systemic it's a mixed message is it us us bugging how can black lives matter if" - **Watch at 57:25**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMSyFV95wUw&t=3445s) ### Example 9 > "this is a bit of a mixed message for South Korea to hear and a mixed message in terms of North Korea because President Trump describes" - **Watch at 3:22**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjZj7Eh9dG4&t=202s) ### Example 10 > "military action is sending countries like China and Russia? So this is a very mixed message. On the one hand, you know, to a country like China that feels it should be able to operate unilarely against Taiwan or Russia who feels they can operate unilarely against Ukraine. They they might see this as some justification. That's kind of theoretical. On the" - **Watch at 16:12**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raPj74T1LXE&t=972s) ## How to Pronounce "mixed message" - **Syllables**: mi · xed · mes · sage - **IPA**: `/mɪksɛdmɛssɪdʒ/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Pronunciations [mixed](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/mixed), [message](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/message) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “mixed message”? “mixed message” is pronounced /mɪksɛdmɛssɪdʒ/ (mi · xed · mes · sage). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “mixed message”? “mixed message” has 4 syllables: mi · xed · mes · sage. ### How can I hear “mixed message” used in real sentences? This page has 15 real-world video examples of “mixed message” with synchronized subtitles. 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