How to pronounce thirds
Listen to thirds in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“thirds” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 337 American · 794 British · 20 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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south of Scotland, it is two thirds of schools— Two thirds?
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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food stuffs – two thirds of that – fully two thirds going to developing countries.
State Department · hear it here
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chopping out middle thirds forever.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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reduced by about two-thirds.
CDC · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of thirds. 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.