【How-To】How Do You Spell Startled

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Here in America, there are two distinct pronunciations of ‘Halloween’ that can occur in General American accents. The first more or less treats the word as ‘hollow-een,’ while the latter treats it as ‘hal-oween’ (i.e. the first syllable sounds like Hal, the shortened version of Henry).