How to pronounce shorts in American English
“shorts” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to shorts the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “shorts” in: all accents · British English (57 clips)
“shorts” in real sentences — American speakers
143 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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We're also on YouTube shorts.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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have my shorts on, or whatever.
GAO
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With barbeque, sear sucker shorts, southern bells, and hospitality.
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “shorts”
Words one sound away from shorts — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “shorts”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of shorts. 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.