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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.
Can you elaborate as to how you pronounce the word "toasted" without saying the "-ed" as a separate syllable? I can't see how it can be pronounced other than as a separate syllable.
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Blest is considered correct. Bless-ed (with two syllables) would be considered archaic here most of the time although I oft lapse into that pronunciation because I speak a simplified form of Early Modern English at Renaissance Festivals (have a two weekender coming up in a fortnight) and many archaic pronunciations, contractions, and terms have "leaked" into my everyday speech (add the 20-21st Irish accent I affect at Ren fests and it gets...ah...interesting).
Toasted would be two syllables.