How native speakers pronounce “saying”

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but I'm sure that I'll feel them again. I'm saying all this with a smile on my face. Not because I don't understand language.

Joy Will Find You — If You Let It | David Larbi | TED · TED

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but I'm sure that I'll feel them again. I'm saying all this with a smile on my face. Not because I don't understand language.

Joy Will Find You — If You Let It | David Larbi | TED · TED

than you are to be helped by the drug. Now, I'm not saying whether you should take the statin or not. I'm just saying you should have this conversation with your doctor.

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

Now, I'm not saying whether you should take the statin or not. I'm just saying you should have this conversation with your doctor. Medical ethics requires it,

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

end of a course like this but it needs saying out loud and over and over why because the taboo against slowness

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She often cried in our sessions, but then would collect herself by saying, "You can't pick your family, but you can pick your friends."

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

It's what I now have the privilege of saying to twentysomethings like Emma every single day: Thirty is not the new 20, so claim your adulthood,

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

Institute, issued a report backing the government's position, saying there is clear scientific evidence that digital

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

because I’ve made a habit of walking around with my head up smiling and saying hello to other people, and I get, in return, a lot more smiles and hellos

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

A lot of people started writing emails to me and saying, "What you're doing is awesome." But you know, fame and notoriety did not do anything to me.

What I Learned from 100 Days of Rejection | Jia Jiang | TED · TED

There is an adoption curve that has to happen, though, right? I think what you’re saying is what undergirds our entire company, which is: safety is urgent, saving lives.

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

TM: Yeah, I mean, you know, I think what you're saying is how comfortable are humans with this technology being better drivers than humans?

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

And so I think this is a long conversation. I appreciate you for saying, you know, we're one part of it. We take this seriously.

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

And he was fighting me. I kept saying, "It's OK to rest, you can rest. I’ve got you.”

How I Set Myself Free | Keke Palmer | TED · TED

My mind kept running. Then my mom walks in saying it’s time to go, and I get angry with her.

How I Set Myself Free | Keke Palmer | TED · TED

might make you energetic and want to clean the house. And just saying, if that happens, feel free to come over to my place. (Laughter)

Can Cannabis Help You Sleep? Here’s the Science | Jen Walsh | TED · TED

is keeping some of us up at night. So here's what some experts are saying. Stop fixating on the number

Do You Really Need 8 Hours of Sleep Every Night? | Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter | TED · TED

They're telling you, "Don't question me. Just accept what I'm saying as a fact." I'd like for this talk to be a conversation starter.

Beware the Power of Prediction | Carissa Véliz | TED · TED

who bragged that he had only gotten four hours sleep the night before. And I felt like saying to him -- but I didn't say -- I felt like saying, "You know what? if you had gotten five,

How to succeed? Get more sleep | Arianna Huffington

And I felt like saying to him -- but I didn't say -- I felt like saying, "You know what? if you had gotten five, this dinner would have been a lot more interesting."

How to succeed? Get more sleep | Arianna Huffington

They were frightened, too. On TV, experts and politicians were saying that the Taliban had changed. That this new version of the Taliban

What I Got Wrong About Changing the World | Malala Yousafzai | TED · TED

Maybe give you a few examples of how this works, right? So instead of saying, "Hmm, I deserve to be promoted,"

What Successful Negotiators Do Differently | Kathryn Valentine | TED · TED

but you also have to engage with people when you get there. So I ended up approaching my neighbors and saying, "Hi, I'm Marisa,

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

And I think sometimes we think that you know, a tiny act, something small like saying hello can have colossal consequences for our life. But when we can lean into the sort of positive side of the paradox of people,

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

I'm commenting on something that you shared, I'm saying congratulations to you, that's actually linked to less loneliness

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

every boss I ever had, saying, "Hey, I'm a little more available than I thought I'd be to do some marketing consulting."

How to Turn Setbacks into Success | Amy Shoenthal | TED · TED

It was years later that I was pursuing my PhD, and like the old saying goes, "research is me-search." And my initial me-search focused on burnout and work engagement

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

What will he think if I say something now? What if he judges me for not saying something before? Either choice felt awkward,

Want to Get Ahead at Work? Risk the Awkward Moments | Henna Pryor | TED · TED

It's easy to peter out when your mindset muscles start saying "This is hard." But if you want to play to win

Want to Get Ahead at Work? Risk the Awkward Moments | Henna Pryor | TED · TED

He was a he-for-she, an orthopedic surgeon who understood what I was saying. And in 2013, he gave me the opportunity to launch a female athlete program.

What Women Athletes Need to Unlock Their Full Potential | Kate Ackerman | TED · TED

to incorporate acknowledging people's emotional and physical needs, checking in at every meeting, saying, "Where are you at?", asking people to become aware of and more clear in expressing

Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski: The cure for burnout (hint: it isn't self-care) | TED · TED

you're actually making a pretty profound statement. You're saying that you can trust yourself to handle life's challenges. And you're remembering that you don't have to face them alone.

How to Make Stress Your Friend | Kelly McGonigal | TED · TED

We can't hear ourselves think. We can't even hear what that friend is saying. Somebody's cell phone is ringing.

Silence, the Universal Medicine | Pico Iyer | TED · TED

I was thinking much more fondly about my friends when I wasn't saying a word. In fact, often they seemed closer to me when I was sitting in silence

Silence, the Universal Medicine | Pico Iyer | TED · TED

Maybe we can just all try this together by joining in a long moment of saying nothing. After a long week of words, what a moment to share.

Silence, the Universal Medicine | Pico Iyer | TED · TED

that I'm surfacing, if I'm coming to you and I'm saying I think have a problem with my apartment or at my workplace

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

to communicate some pretty impressive things. But do the dogs know what they're saying? Or perhaps you've heard the story of Clever Hans the horse,

How to Get Inside the "Brain" of AI | Alona Fyshe | TED · TED

Its original importance is diluted as it becomes widespread, and you can be sure that none of the middle schoolers saying "gyat" are aware of its etymology.

Are We Cooked? How Social Media Shapes Language | Adam Aleksic | TED · TED

and their older generations always say, "Ah, you're ruining the language." But just like the people saying "cool" and "high five" back in the day, the middle schoolers saying "rizz" and "gyat" and "skibidi toilet"

Are We Cooked? How Social Media Shapes Language | Adam Aleksic | TED · TED

But just like the people saying "cool" and "high five" back in the day, the middle schoolers saying "rizz" and "gyat" and "skibidi toilet" won't be incapable of writing an essay.

Are We Cooked? How Social Media Shapes Language | Adam Aleksic | TED · TED

When a kid says something like "I'm so burrito-pilled," they’re not saying that because they’re black-pilled but because the underlying idea is making fun of how incels talk.

Are We Cooked? How Social Media Shapes Language | Adam Aleksic | TED · TED

From tomorrow, we could say when a politician is actually saying one thing and truly believes something else.

What if AI Could Spot Your Lies? | Riccardo Loconte | TED · TED

And here is one of the maximum cranksters of all time, Elon Musk, saying, "AI is one of the biggest threats to humanity."

Can AI Master the Art of Humor? | Bob Mankoff | TED · TED

and stigmatized for fatness. And all I'm saying is we should reckon with this, because the more narrow our idea of beauty is,

How Digital Culture Is Reshaping Our Faces and Bodies | Elise Hu | TED · TED

which is a rare cancer, and on his 30th birthday was saying goodbye to his girlfriend Tara, because his doctor had tried everything that he thought was possible.

How Nearly Dying Helped Me Discover My Own Cure (and Many More) | David Fajgenbaum | TED · TED

targeted therapy, like, laser-focused therapies. And it's almost like you're saying, "No, we need to broaden it out again."

How Nearly Dying Helped Me Discover My Own Cure (and Many More) | David Fajgenbaum | TED · TED

stuff the more profit you turn as the saying goes time is money factories hustled to make every minute

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Now you and I are sitting here, watching all of this, and we're saying, like, what do we do now? The correct answer is unplug you, right?

The AI Revolution Is Underhyped | Eric Schmidt | TED · TED

around nuclear opponents today in our world. There are legitimate people saying the only solution to this problem is preemption.

The AI Revolution Is Underhyped | Eric Schmidt | TED · TED

comes from listening not only to what the person is saying but to how they're saying it

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not only to what the person is saying but to how they're saying it when your companion is talking instead

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is an abdication of responsibility. There's no moral high ground in saying, I refuse to use AI, because I don’t want mines to be able

The AI Arsenal That Could Stop World War III | Palmer Luckey | TED · TED

and everything falls apart. There's no moral high ground either in saying all you have to do is figure out how to jam us and you win.

The AI Arsenal That Could Stop World War III | Palmer Luckey | TED · TED

Creators and rights holders strongly disagree, saying there's no way this narrow exception can be used to legitimize the mass exploitation of creative work

How AI Models Steal Creative Work — and What to Do About It | Ed Newton-Rex | TED · TED

Opportunity is the gift within every gift, and we have this saying, opportunity knocks only once. Well, think again.

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

I have a death wish. Now before you just boo me off the stage for saying such a thing in a pandemic, I'll explain with a little back story,

The Profound Power of Gratitude and "Living Eulogies" | Andrea Driessen | TED · TED

without even looking up from their phone. And while she's saying this, I'm realizing I've done that. I've been that a-hole.

My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee | A.J. Jacobs

I wasn't mad. I immediately understood what he had been saying all those years, and that he had a plan,

Lessons from My Father’s Final Days | Laurel Braitman | TED · TED

and I hung up on him without saying goodbye and without saying I loved him. I didn't know it,

Lessons from My Father’s Final Days | Laurel Braitman | TED · TED

And I think when it came down to it, saying goodbye to me was just too impossible. By the time I got home, he was unconscious

Lessons from My Father’s Final Days | Laurel Braitman | TED · TED

I'm not telling you to pick up Gen Z slang. I don't want you going around saying you watched this talk by Mohan, and he said, like, start saying "lit," "no cap" and "drip."

The Breakthrough Power of Young Leaders | Mohan Sivaloganathan | TED · TED

I don't want you going around saying you watched this talk by Mohan, and he said, like, start saying "lit," "no cap" and "drip." (Laughter)

The Breakthrough Power of Young Leaders | Mohan Sivaloganathan | TED · TED

be very honest this time, saying things you might not say to someone you just met. So when I first came across this study a few years earlier,

Falling in love is the easy part | Mandy Len Catron

where people talk about disinformation or models saying things that they don't like or things like that. CA: Sticking with the first of those,

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

So it's really not about track record, it's about plausibly saying that the pieces are in place to shut things down quickly if we see a danger.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

I totally understand looking at this and saying this is an unbelievable change coming to the world. And, you know, maybe I don't want this, or maybe I love parts of it.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

Administration but that is very difficult from saying very different from saying that the US democracy is