How to pronounce serious in British English
“serious” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to serious the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“serious” in real sentences — British speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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need serious politics for serious times.
The Scottish Parliament
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Our country faces serious challenges that demand serious leadership.
The Scottish Parliament
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serious violence strategy, and why we established the serious violence taskforce.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “serious”
Words one sound away from serious — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “serious”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of serious. 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.