On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 09:51:56AM +0200, Roland Mas wrote: > Sam Couter (2001-07-13 09:25:35 +1000) : > > > Those words aren't originally English. They're adopted/adapted from other > > languages. English uses the Roman alphabet, 26 letters only. In proper > > English, the funny marks over the vowels all disappear. > > Beep. Wrong. Go get some play by Shakespeare, the original version. > Many past participles end in -éd (instead of the current -ed). To the best of my knowledge, that notation is not part of standard English, and never was, but rather it is a convention in poetry to indicate that the syllable should be given full weight (i.e., like the name "Ed") rather than just pronounced as a "t" or otherwise diminished. By the way, I have usually seen it as -èd and not -éd. - Jimmy Kaplowitz jimmy@debian.org
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