Two Pronunciation of "there"

[Joe Varo]

On Fri, 7 Feb 1997 grip at netcom.com wrote:

> If there is one there, it's like the proverbial group of monkeys 
> typing away randomly and eventually coming up with "The broad backed 
> hippopotamus..."
> 
> BTW, read the the first five words of the last sentence out loud. Did you 
> pronounce the first "there" differently from the second "there"?
> 
> grip
> 

Hmmm....maybe a slightly different stress between the two instances, but
not a completely different pronunciation.

Am I missing something here?

Joe