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Ruttonjee Posted 19 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

how to say 'ed' in these words

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00I heard some English native speakers say the 'ed' as /d/ instead /t/ in words such as cooked and booked. I checked the dictionary. These words should be said as /bukt/ and /kukt/ instead of /bukd/ and /kukd/. Which one is the more appropriate? 02br
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0It's not really possible to pronounced a consonant cluster such as [ kd ] in English. It's actually usually pronounced as a glottal stop. Thus cooked = [ k_hUk?

— Marvin A.

  • 0It's not really possible to pronounced a consonant cluster such as [ kd ] in English.
  • It's actually usually pronounced as a glottal stop.
  • Thus cooked = [ k_hUk?
  • ] .
  • " [hi k_hUk?
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0It's not really possible to pronounced a consonant cluster such as [ kd ] in English. It's actually usually pronounced as a glottal stop. Thus cooked = [ k_hUk? ] . So: "He cooked the meat." [hi k_hUk? ð@ mi? ]0-
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0hi there,02br
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00Thanks for your answer. But I found an explanation about this from a book 'English Pronunciation in Use' (Cambridge). It says 'If it is difficult to say the 'ed' ending in words like 'cooked', imagine that the '-ed' is joined to the words after. For example, say 'cooked' all the food' like this: 'cook tall the food'. 02br
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0Ah I see. It may be true for RP, but for NAE, I think is sounds more like a glottal stop, but it's a little hard to tell. When I say "He cooked all the food it sounds like this: [ hi ***? Ol ð@ fud ] wheras when I say: "He cut all of the carrots" it sounds like this [ hi kV4 Ol @v ð@ kEr@ts ]0-
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