But yes, hello! is very common in English.
Thanks for the video, I love Fry![]()
As for the pronunciation. I would pronounce them differently, I'm not familiar with phonetic alphabets (I use Merriam-Webster, which makes things even worse), so I'll need to use other words to show how I see it.
I would pronounce 'hallo' just like 'hallow' and in the first syllable of 'hello' I would utter the same vowel that stands in 'bet'.
So this is more of a difference than just accentuation for me. Am I right?
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