To: "VOCALIST" <vocalist>
Subject: Re: Pronunciation of -ed
Date sent: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 13:40:49 -0500
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I thought I remembered Stephen hailing from someplace other than America,
which might explain why he'd never heard it spoken as -id. Either way, the
original question was referring to the pronunciation of the -ed when held
over several beats in a Purcell piece. I think the answer he was looking for
is probably "-ed" as opposed to "-id" regardless of which English language
was being used, England's or America's.

Laura

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cynthia S Donnell"
(SNIP) Many diction teachers will offer /Id/ as one of the possible
pronunciations for an "ed" ending.
Samuel Kenyon in his wonderful book _American_Pronunciation_, and Kenyon
and Knott in _A_Pronouncing_Dictionary_of_American_English_ (Merriam),
acknowledge /Id/ as acceptable.