How to pronounce thrift in American English
“thrift” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to thrift the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“thrift” in real sentences — American speakers
56 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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The Office of Thrift Supervision looked at primarily at the thrift of the small banks that
Federal Reserve
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405B and thrift saving plan accounts.
Census Bureau
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find them at thrift stores or at garage sales
US Fish & Wildlife Service
Words that sound like “thrift”
Words one sound away from thrift — 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 thrift. 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.