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Originally Posted by HarryT
So pronouncing, say, "blessed", as in "The blessed Saint John", as "bless-ed", would be something that only a country bumpkin would do in the US? That would be the normal pronunciation in the UK.
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"Blessed" is one of those words that are pronounced differently, depending on how it is used, in the U.S.. Example, you might say someone "is
blessed"... but in describing their marriage, "blessed" becomes a modifier and is re-pronounced, as in, "the
bless-ed event."
So, in the U.S. "the bless-ed Saint John" would not be unusual... neither would "Saint John blessed the poor man."
Keep in mind, Americans often delight in using archaic forms of a word, in order to denote the importance of the word in the sentence... or to denote their own sense of superiority or accomplishment.