How to pronounce ons in British English
“ons” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to ons the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “ons” in: all accents · American English (45 clips)
“ons” in real sentences — British speakers
371 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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because of the ONS classification?
The Scottish Parliament
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Now, these are ONS statistics.
UK Parliament
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was what was reported by the ONS yesterday.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “ons”
Words one sound away from ons — 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 ons. 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.