How to pronounce thirds in American English
“thirds” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to thirds the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “thirds” in: all accents · British English (818 clips)
“thirds” in real sentences — American speakers
965 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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food stuffs – two thirds of that – fully two thirds going to developing countries.
State Department
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Deficits have come down by two-thirds since I took office -- by two-thirds.
The Obama White House
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in thirds around the sun.
NASA
Words that sound like “thirds”
Words one sound away from thirds — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “thirds”
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.