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Podcast: Wadjasay? American English Pronunciation Practice
Episode: When "-ed" is pronounced "d" (revised in May 2024)
Description: Send me a text message. Suggestions? Subjects for future podcasts? Let me know--thanks!This podcast was originally recorded in May of 2021. Iβve updated it and made it more than three times longer. (May, 2024) Hope you enjoy the new and improved version.All the regular verbs below that end in βedβ (simple past tense) are pronounced with a βdβ sound at the end. So for example:Advised β [uhd-VEYZD]Agreed β [uh-GREED]1βThe teacher advised me to study more. Β 2 β I agreed to buy his old car.3Β β The prisoner was allowed to speak.<...