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Mr. Wookiee Posted 16 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
How to prounounce -ed in words like animated?
I'm a little confused since Wiktionary says it's pronounced like -t?d
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/animated
whereas the Merriam-Webster's dictionary say's it's pronounced like -t?d.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/animated
Which one is correct? Or has this something to do with the dialect? And are all words like this pronounced the same way e.g. dotted or winded?
Thank you for the answers in advance.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/animated
whereas the Merriam-Webster's dictionary say's it's pronounced like -t?d.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/animated
Which one is correct? Or has this something to do with the dialect? And are all words like this pronounced the same way e.g. dotted or winded?
Thank you for the answers in advance.
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That would be ~tid. com. Actually the word "animated" would have ending "did" in USA accent.
- That would be ~tid.
- com.
- Actually the word "animated" would have ending "did" in USA accent.
- This is not recognized in any dictionary.
- I've been after them to do this.
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That would be ~tid. See the converter at truespel.com. Actually the word "animated" would have ending "did" in USA accent. This is not recognized in any dictionary. I've been after them to do this.
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Mr. Wookiee -t?d / -t?dThese both amount to the same thing. The schwa (?) symbolizes any indistinct central vowel. It takes on different sounds depending on context. It does not symbolize a more exact sound the way m or u does.
Before a d in the past tense ending -ed it sounds a lot like a lax i, even th
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