Crooked is a crooked word: the ed ending
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For fun, read the following words aloud:
Hooked
Forked
Cracked
Corked
Smoked
Marked
Spiked
Stacked
Crooked
Crooked?
Ah . . . crooked is a crooked word. The final ed is pronounced as its own syllable!
I asked AI for all other adjectives ending in -ked as a separately pronounced syllable.
And AI responded with wicked and naked.
Crooked, wicked, naked—an evil trio.
* Orlando Bartro is the author of Toward Two Words, a comical & surreal novel about a man who loves yet another woman he never knew. Find your copy at Amazon. Hardcover, paperback, and e-book editions available.
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