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Exception in pronunciation -ed /id/ Aged, Blessed, Crooked, Dogged, Naked, Learned, Ragged, Wicked, Wretched
What else?
May 12, 2017 5:22 AM
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Here are a few more:  cursed, sacred, jagged, rugged. Occasionally 'beloved', too.

Also 'legged' in compounds, e.g. 'a one-legged man'.


Another important category to add is all 'ed' adjectives followed by 'ly' to create adverbs:

excitedly

supposedly

allegedly

and so on. All of these adverbs have four syllables, with the /id/ of the third syllable clearly pronounced.


May 12, 2017
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Some of them can be pronounced both ways (with the "-ed" replaced by an apostrophe and a "t", or as a second syllable with a "schwa" sound for the "e.") In some cases the difference creates a different meaning, in others not.

"I saw an aged, aged man/A-sitting on a gate."--Lewis Carroll, two syllables for "aged."

"I like a well-aged cheese."  One syllable for "aged."

"It is a blessed event." Two syllables.

"I've been blessed by good health." One syllable.

"He was dogged in his pursuit of perfection." Two syllables.

"He was dogged by misfortune during his life." One syllable.

"I defer to the learned gentleman." Two syllables.

"I learned the alphabet." One syllable.

"Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York" (book title by Horatio Alger), two syllables.

"We all ragged him about the way he dressed." One syllable.

About the only ones that must be pronounced as two syllables are "naked," "wretched," and probably "wicked."

On behalf of the English language, I apologize for all this!


May 12, 2017
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I'm not sure what you are really asking... the general rules for  -ed apply to regular verbs in the past tense.  All of your examples are adjectives.

Of course, aged, blessed and learned as past tense verbs still follow the regular pronunciation rules, and are pronounced differently from the adjective form.

May 12, 2017
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All the exceptions are adjectives.  I can't think of any past participle used as a verb form which would be pronounced with the extra /id/
May 14, 2017
Hi <a ui-sref="user({id:comment.commenter_obj.id})" href="https://www.italki.com/user/1544642" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(149, 149, 149); outline: 0px; outline-offset: -2px;">Michael</a>, thanks for your comment.
I usually do exercise which is kind of "choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest." They are single words. As a learner, I don't know which is adjective or verb because some of them are strange to me. Therefore, I desire to know more to avoid mistake
May 14, 2017
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