How native speakers pronounce “why”

before I really quit so why' I drop out it started before I was

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

you can see the blood run from their face. They're like, "Oh my God. Why me?" (Laughter)

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

but I am deserving of my own best efforts. Life is effort. Why wouldn’t I try? I spent far too long believing that joy was for someone more deserving than me.

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

because we talked to the little boy afterward and said, "You OK with that?" They said, "Yeah, why? Was that wrong?" They just switched.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

Or rather, we get educated out of it. So why is this? I lived in Stratford-on-Avon until about five years ago.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

the way we teach them mathematics. Why? Why not?

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

Why? Why not? I think this is rather important.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

Following off from Helen yesterday, this is probably why women are better at multitasking. Because you are, aren't you?

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

transcends the ages why the rush this is the right question to be asking

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of adrenaline why else do so many of us bungee jump off Bridges or ride hair raising roller coasters

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not so good for things that move around. So this is why we lose car keys and reading glasses and passports. So in the home, designate a spot for your keys --

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

"Well, OK, one in 300 chance of lowering my cholesterol. Why not, doc? Give me the prescription anyway." But you should ask at this point for another statistic,

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

less and monotask more why not designate one block of time to respond to messages another to handle

Slow Thinking

and initiate an autonomous patrol of the area. So that's cool, but why does it actually matter? Well I'm going to share with you a couple of stories.

The Invisible Infrastructure in the Sky | Adam Bry | TED · TED

They went in, they repaired it. Why does this matter? Well some of the most devastating fires that we’ve had in the US

The Invisible Infrastructure in the Sky | Adam Bry | TED · TED

But again, like most things, this technology is very dual-use. And that's why we want to have these conversations. You ought to know about what the technology is capable of,

The Invisible Infrastructure in the Sky | Adam Bry | TED · TED

saying out loud and over and over why because the taboo against slowness still runs deep in our culture second

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the blue heart of the planet. Sylvia A. Earle: So why did I make that wish? How much of the ocean should be protected?

We’re Keeping the Ocean Wild — and You Can Join Us | Sylvia A. Earle | TED · TED

Protect brain development through puberty. That's why it's so important for countries to follow Australia's example.

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

digital future and the digital workplace. So, why not give them a head start?" Two reasons.

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

Taliban to Taliban. So why does peace break down when we do everything we think we're supposed to do?

The Missing Ingredient in Every Peace Deal | Hiba Qasas | TED · TED

they'd called off their wedding. But why? Their love was, honestly, it was evident,

Your Relationship Expectations Could Be Holding You Back | Stephanie R. Yates-Anyabwile | TED · TED

And she said, "Why don't we just stand here and compliment each other? If you hear your name called,

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

If being socially connected is so darn good for us, then why do we so often seem to be so darn unsocial? This paradox hit me like a freight train one morning

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

(Laughter) "No one? OK, why don't you go get your gift and sit down. So behave next year --

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

my brain started screaming at me all the reasons why this was a really, really bad idea. "Clearly, she doesn't want to talk to you,

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

I was stagnant. Why is that? Where is that 14-year-old who wrote that letter?

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

(Laughter) But why was I still so scared? Then I found this website by luck.

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

And he looked up, he's like, "No." "Why?" And I just said, "No? I'm sorry."

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

He was a chubby, loveable guy, and he even asked me, "Why?" In fact, he invited me to explain myself.

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

I could actually turn a "no" into a "yes," and the magic word is, "why." So one day I went to a stranger's house, I had this flower in my hand,

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

But before he could leave I said, "Hey, can I know why?" And he said, "Well, I have this dog

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

He said, "Wow, I can use this. Why don't you come back in two months? I'll fit you in my curriculum." And two months later I was teaching a class.

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

I quoted Martin Luther King, Jr. Why? Because in my research I found that people who really change the world, who change the way we live and the way we think,

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

But even more than that, I love giving that to other people. This is why, for the last 15 years, once a month, I've uploaded a free science or engineering video to YouTube

Mark Rober’s $60 Million Science Experiment | TED · TED

well, now I suddenly have something to attach the learning to. This is why it kills me if someone's like, "Oh, I don't like science because it's boring."

Mark Rober’s $60 Million Science Experiment | TED · TED

Basically, if you feel something here, you remember it here. This is why memorizing a boring equation is hard. But you know, remembering that song you sang as a teenager

Mark Rober’s $60 Million Science Experiment | TED · TED

and we're now, in turn, impacting the world. That's why I love teachers. I think they have the most important job on the planet.

Mark Rober’s $60 Million Science Experiment | TED · TED

"Kevin, would you mind looking after this patient for me?" I said, "Why, you know the right thing to do as well as I do. You haven't done anything wrong."

Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine | Kevin B. Jones

creating the sound we call snoring. This is also why people with sleep apnea are often told to avoid this position. This condition already involves pauses in breathing,

What’s the best position to sleep in? - Rachel Marie E. Salas

just in the United States. Why isn't there more -- I know you all are growing maybe as fast,

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

I know you all are growing maybe as fast, but why not roll out as fast as possible? What's stopping that from happening?

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

brushed it off and looked at the Waymo kind of weird. Why isn't -- You know, it's convenient.

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

I mean, you feel like you're in the future. Why is it the safety -- I mean, it feels like that message,

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

well, this is a no brainer, right? So why have we as a society failed to heed this call? Delaying start times presents many logistical challenges.

What lack of sleep does to the teenage brain - Wendy Troxel

Well, I've been researching this topic as a sleep physiologist, and I'm here to talk about why cannabis for treating insomnia is complicated. Humans have been using cannabis for at least 5,000 years.

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

I think they're wrong. I want to tell you why and why this matters so much. So I've been studying brains, minds and consciousness for nearly 30 years,

Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth | TED · TED

So we think the two go together. And this is why some people think that consciousness might just glimmer into existence

Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth | TED · TED

you’ll feel comforted. Another big question is why doesn’t everyone experience ASMR? You might have been watching those video clips and been like,

The Brain Science (and Benefits) of ASMR | Craig Richard | TED · TED

but it is vanishingly unlikely that it actually is. I want to close by returning to why this matters so much. Take the idea of AI welfare.

Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth | TED · TED

and we don't want to make the same mistake again. This is one reason why even trying to build conscious AI is a very bad idea. But if conscious AI is just an illusion created by design,

Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth | TED · TED

and perhaps even to turn them off and for no good reason at all. And this is one reason why even AI that merely seems to be conscious is very dangerous for our society, too.

Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth | TED · TED

and gallons of pee aren't necessary. So why am I standing up here, telling this wonderfully intellectual audience about nun pee?

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

To explain what I mean, why don't I tell you a little bit about what I was like as a child? So, I was what you might call a gross kid.

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

like playing in dirt or collecting beetles or eating their boogers. And why is that? I think really little kids are like little explorers.

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

And they do that in part because it's a little bit transgressive, right? But there's another layer to why we define stuff as gross. As humans, we've sort of extended the concept of disgust to morality.

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

talking to a doctor about their own bodies. And that's why I think it's really important for us to start this dialogue about gross stuff from a pretty early age,

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

And we've lived the opposite of democracy, which is why we're so resilient in protecting it. And it requires a day-after-day protection and fight to keep it alive.

What Kosovo Can Teach the World About Freedom | Vjosa Osmani Sadriu | TED · TED

is extremely dangerous for democracies worldwide, which is why it requires education so that we have people who are digitally prepared to differentiate

What Kosovo Can Teach the World About Freedom | Vjosa Osmani Sadriu | TED · TED

that correlates with repression and stagnation. So why all the hate? Wealth disparity is some of it.

The Problem with Billionaires — and the Debut of True Net Worth | Randall Lane | TED · TED

where the information will be returned as long-term memory. So why do we remember some things and not others? Well, there are a few ways to influence

The benefits of a good night's sleep - Shai Marcu

bothers me. That gap is why there are pitchforks. But that gap is something we can address ...

The Problem with Billionaires — and the Debut of True Net Worth | Randall Lane | TED · TED

But Kanye inspired an idea. Why can't we lean into this strange leverage we have over some people? Why can't we create a list

The Problem with Billionaires — and the Debut of True Net Worth | Randall Lane | TED · TED

Why can't we lean into this strange leverage we have over some people? Why can't we create a list that rewards people for donating to charity

The Problem with Billionaires — and the Debut of True Net Worth | Randall Lane | TED · TED

My rationale, without a wedding in sight, why do married folks get to have all the fun? Unbeknownst to me, that night I joined a movement,

Stop Telling Single People to Get Married | Peter McGraw | TED · TED

If getting married makes you happy, why is it that the happiest places on Earth feature the most people going solo?

Stop Telling Single People to Get Married | Peter McGraw | TED · TED

But I am here to do the opposite of what the Taliban want. That is why I am taking every opportunity to show Afghan women speaking, singing, kicking a ball and standing up for their rights.

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

no way to hold the perpetrators and their sympathizers accountable. That is why Afghan women are campaigning to add these abuses to the UN’s Crimes Against Humanity treaty.

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

So why is it the case that when we are feeling the most anxious, uncomfortable,

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

Was meditation making me a nicer person? And that's why I signed up for the 360. And now I will tell you about the results.

The Benefits of Not Being a Jerk to Yourself | Dan Harris | TED · TED

(Quiet laughter) I don't know why that's funny. (Laughter)

The Benefits of Not Being a Jerk to Yourself | Dan Harris | TED · TED

The first is what my friend Evelyn Tribole calls the toilet vortex. The reason why this looks childish and ridiculous is that I drew it myself. (Laughter)

The Benefits of Not Being a Jerk to Yourself | Dan Harris | TED · TED

it's like there's gold at our feet that we're treating as concrete. And so why are friendships so key? Well, our bodies have always known

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

when I have an entire community to bring that out in me. And so that's one of the reasons why friendship is really important. But I think there's two reasons why we tend to really devalue it.

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

And so that's one of the reasons why friendship is really important. But I think there's two reasons why we tend to really devalue it. One reason is because we just don't know how to make friends.

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

There is no reason why most of your interactions can't be like that. So I have 10 basic rules. I'm going to walk you through all of them,

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

(Laughter) Now, there's a really good reason why I don't allow pundits on my show: Because they're really boring.

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

In this case, take a cue from journalists. Start your questions with who, what, when, where, why or how. If you put in a complicated question, you're going to get a simple answer out.

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

So can you talk a little bit more about this and just why friendship holds such an important role in all of our lives?

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

(Laughter) Why do we not listen to each other? Number one, we'd rather talk.

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

seem like are just really challenging for us to develop. But I guess, can you talk about sort of, why this breakdown happens and really when we start to see that it becomes more difficult

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

But we're often not as vulnerable in the workplace. And that's why one study, and again, this is caveat, US context, one study found that the more time people spend together at work,

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

focusing on making sure nobody finds out this thing, right? And so that's why shame can be so encompassing and enveloping. But what Stack Sullivan argues,

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

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast So, why does good sex so often fade, even for couples who continue to love each other as much as ever?

The secret to desire in a long-term relationship | Esther Perel | TED · TED

even for couples who continue to love each other as much as ever? And why does good intimacy not guarantee good sex, contrary to popular belief?

The secret to desire in a long-term relationship | Esther Perel | TED · TED

That's the million-dollar question, right? And why is the forbidden so erotic? What is it about transgression that makes desire so potent?

The secret to desire in a long-term relationship | Esther Perel | TED · TED

What is it about transgression that makes desire so potent? And why does sex make babies, and babies spell erotic disaster in couples?

The secret to desire in a long-term relationship | Esther Perel | TED · TED

led them to their most successful venture. I wanted to know why. Perhaps if I could learn from it, I could understand it,

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

about pleasure and connection that is rooted in desire. So what sustains desire, and why is it so difficult? And at the heart of sustaining desire in a committed relationship,

The secret to desire in a long-term relationship | Esther Perel | TED · TED

but the crisis of desire is often a crisis of the imagination. So why does good sex so often fade? What is the relationship between love and desire?

The secret to desire in a long-term relationship | Esther Perel | TED · TED

about how leaders successfully work through their biggest setbacks. Setbacks set the stage for reinvention. But why? Why does this happen?

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

Setbacks set the stage for reinvention. But why? Why does this happen? Neuroscientist Chantel Prat

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

And it's the poetic of that language that I'm interested in, which is why I began to explore this concept of erotic intelligence. You know, animals have sex.

The secret to desire in a long-term relationship | Esther Perel | TED · TED

and never missed a deadline. Which is why I felt completely blindsided when I actually received my review. My boss sent me down and told me

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

and reminds us that belonging feels better than almost anything else. It explains why many of us, at a deep level, are still people pleasers.

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

The only thing that needs to change is whose goals you're pointing to, the direction of why you do what you do. Fitness trainers have known this for years.

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

posted on his LinkedIn -- which why he's on LinkedIn, I have no idea -- (Laughter)

3 Steps to Better Connect With Your Fellow Humans | Amber Cabral | TED · TED