Does handle have a short i sound?

Anonymous

∙ 15y ago

Updated: 8/19/2019

No.

"Handle" has a short a sound and what is called a schwa at the end. It is not "hand - il" but "hand - l".

A schwa is defined as an "unstressed and toneless neutral vowel sound", which is what the second syllable of the word handle has.

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∙ 15y ago

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