How to pronounce foolish in British English
“foolish” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to foolish the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “foolish” in: all accents · American English (170 clips)
“foolish” in real sentences — British speakers
95 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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think that would be a tremendously foolish thing to do does he feel tremendously foolish today
The Scottish Parliament
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some foolish person is seeking to do so, examine your behaviour and stop it.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “foolish”
Words one sound away from foolish — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “foolish”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of foolish. 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.