Pronouncing '-ed'...

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Is it correct to pronounce the '-ed' like in 'learned man' in words like fixed, mixed when they are used as adjectives, as in 'fixed mass', 'mixed school' etc.?
 

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No.

'mixed' sounds like 'mixt'.

Besides learned, I can only think of blessed (adj) which has two syllables (at least in modern English).

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Well there's beloved. And alleged I think.
 

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I agree with 'beloved' and 'aged'.

Alleged has only ever had two syllables for me.

Converted is a different case.

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al·leged   
[uh-lejd, uh-lej-id] Show IPA - courtesy of dictionary.com

Oh well, I guess that settles it. I only asked about fixed and mixed because I've heard people pronounce them with two syllables, and I thought it sounded weird.
 
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