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The Language Garage<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EnglishGrammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishGrammar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EnglishPronunciation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishPronunciation</span></a>. The simple past ending -ed can be pronounced /d/, /t/, or /id/, depending on the last sound in the verb. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/esl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/efl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>efl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ingl%C3%A9s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inglés</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%EC%98%81%EC%96%B4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>영어</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anglais" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anglais</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E8%8B%B1%E8%AF%AD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>英语</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E8%8B%B1%E8%AA%9E" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>英語</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inglese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inglese</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>अंग्रेज़ी</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ingl%C3%AAs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inglês</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/angielski" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>angielski</span></a>. Learn more here: <a href="https://thelanguagegarage.com/english-simple-past/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thelanguagegarage.com/english-</span><span class="invisible">simple-past/</span></a></p>
Jonathan Emmesedi<p>Good to see Northern England getting more explicit recognition from the OED.</p><p>I was also delighted to be reminded of the existence of the word "apeth", which I have not heard in speech for decades, and to learn of its etymology; as a child, I thought it had something to do with apes!</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/NorthernEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernEngland</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/EnglishPronunciation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishPronunciation</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Apeth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apeth</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/OED" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OED</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dictionaries</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/OxfordEnglishDictionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OxfordEnglishDictionary</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.oed.com/discover/pronunciations-from-northern-england/?tl=true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">oed.com/discover/pronunciation</span><span class="invisible">s-from-northern-england/?tl=true</span></a></p>