How to pronounce bother in British English
“bother” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to bother the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “bother” in: all accents · American English (421 clips)
“bother” in real sentences — British speakers
387 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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They even bother to keep data.
The Scottish Parliament
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Let me save them the bother.
UK Parliament
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Mr Rennie, why bother having this debate?
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “bother”
Words one sound away from bother — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “bother”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of bother. 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.