How to pronounce rum in American English
“rum” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to rum the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “rum” in: all accents · British English (32 clips)
“rum” in real sentences — American speakers
39 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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import of rum and cigars.
The Obama White House
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>> JIM CRAMER, NORTHEAST ASTRONOMY TORE RUM.
NASA
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everyone was desperately in need of a dram of rum.
US National Archives
Words that sound like “rum”
Words one sound away from rum — 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 rum. 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.