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A student recently wrote in to ask about the
words, heel, like in the heel of your foot,
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heal, like get better, and he’ll, like he will.
Are these pronounced the same? The first two,
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yes. The second one, sometimes. So these first
two words, their pronunciation doesn't change,
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but the contraction “he will”, that pronunciation
can change and often does. Because it's less
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important it may reduce in a sentence. So instead
of saying, “He'll be here soon”, you'll hear a lot
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of people say, “He'll be here soon.” “He
will”, “he’ll”, reducing to [həl].
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He'll be here soon. He'll be here soon.
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