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There was a cook, a hostess,
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There was a,Β
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You can definitely think ofΒ
'was' is having no vowel,Β Β
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you would write it in IPA with the schwa,Β
but you can just sort of drop that,Β
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link your Z into the schwa --
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there was a,Β
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Say it simply and quickly --
There was a cook.Β
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And then we have more length on the noun --
There was a cook,Β
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and of course oo here making theΒ
uh that will like and push --Β
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Cook --
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There was a cook,Β
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a hostess, a skipper.
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