How to pronounce clumsy in British English
“clumsy” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to clumsy the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “clumsy” in: all accents · American English (50 clips)
“clumsy” in real sentences — British speakers
66 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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I think that our current arrangements are clumsy.
The Scottish Parliament
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machine, clumsy shoe machine, pulling the leather tight while the shoe machinist would then run the
UK Parliament
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Regulations that are inflexible in that respect, or are clumsy, risk being a barrier to such
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “clumsy”
Words one sound away from clumsy — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of clumsy. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.