once, whence

once -  /wʌns/

whence - /wɛns/

• Once you know whence the rumor came, you’ll understand the truth.
• I went there once, but I never discovered whence the tradition began.
• She smiled once before asking whence he had returned.
• He told me once about the village whence his family came.
• They tried it only once, and wondered whence the strange idea had arisen.
• Once the letter arrived, we knew whence the news had spread.
• I heard the song once, but I can’t recall whence it entered my memory.
• The knight rode once more to the castle whence he had departed.
• She said once that we must never forget whence we came.
• He failed once, and wondered whence his courage would return.

• once - /wʌns/ - раз, один раз, один раз, как только, прежний, тогдашний.

Once рифмуется со словами: buns, runs, tons, guns, puns.

• whence - /wɛns/ - откуда, как, каким образом, откуда, источник.

Whence рифмуется со словами: dense, tense, fence, sense, expense.

pun - /pʌn/ - игра слов, каламбур.

Звук / w / в начале слова

The Double-U: звук [w] в английском языке [Youtube - PhoneticFanatic]

Звук / e /

Английские гласные: /ɛ/ или /e/ и что такое Pin-Pen Merger [Youtube - PhoneticFanatic]

Звук / ʌ /

Английские гласные звуки: /ʌ/ - секреты произношения [Youtube - PhoneticFanatic]