They both do. Pencil has a short E vowel sound, and the I is a schwa. Notepad has a long O, but also a short A sound.
No. The word has a short E sound and a schwa sound for the I.
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Both the e and the i have the short vowel sound.
pencil
In the short term a pencil eraser could work.
small kleenex box
Because pencil has graphite lead, which is a good conductor of electricity. Hence to avoid the shock pencils are avoided.
Like a short pencil without a point.
They start out at about 10" but made smaller with use & should be discarded when too short to be practical or uncomfortable.
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is it a pencil.