How to pronounce rather in American English
“rather” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to rather the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“rather” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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communities -- felons rather than families, and criminals rather than children.
The Obama White House
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rather than transmission.
NIST
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Rather....Rather they can be found in the ACS web site.
Census Bureau
Words that sound like “rather”
Words one sound away from rather — 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 rather. 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.