-èd

This article is about accenting the ends of words. For the Teen Girl Squad running gag, see -'d.

The Cheat's attempt at -èd

Characters often replace -ed with -èd. In English, the grave accent indicates that a vowel that would usually be silent should be pronounced. Generally this is applied to a verb ending in "-ed," either to indicate an adjectival meaning (e.g. "aged" means "grew old," while "agèd" means "elderly") or to add a syllable for poetic effect. The Homestar Runner characters, however, use the alternative pronunciations arbitrarily.

For example, stripèd is pronounced /straɪ.pɛd/, as compared to the more usual /straɪpt/.

Appearances

• Fluffy Puff Commercial — In the commentary, Homestar Runner compares Cherry Greg to "a fine beef consommé... after it's been agèd."
• Email huttah! — Strong Bad refers to the seagull as his "wingèd friend."
• New Boots — While berating The Cheat for his video, Strong Bad suggests the idea of calling The Cheat "a stripèd, green rabbit! With two butts!"
• Email car — Strong Bad reads "Pimped OUt?" as "Pimpèd out?"
• That Time of Year — Erweenga is the name of the stripèd worm.
• Halloween Fairstival — Strong Sad mentions an agèd pillowcase in one of his haikus.
• Email secret recipes — Strong Bad asks Coach Z if he would like to try some of his free icèd cream.
• Email space program — In the commentary, Strong Bad refers to the grilled cheese sandwich as "grillèd cheese".
• Email high school — Strong Bad describes Teenage Homestar as wearing "ridiculous stripèd pants."
• Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2 — Old-Timey Strong Bad hopes that a "buck-toothèd fool" will receive his message.
• Email alternate universe — Teenage Strong Bad's only line in this email is "Stripèd pants."
• Weclome Back — Bubs says that Marzipan "must've drove the shapèd plants wild!"
• Email the paper — Strong Bad refers to The Paper as his "stripèd friend".
• Email concert — Strong Sad calls Strong Bad's boots "pleatèd".
• Fan Costumes '07 — Strong Bad says the person in the Stinkoman costume is performing the "ever-controversial crossèd deuce".
• Email nightlife — Strong Bad blames the "lightèd floors" for the removal of his pants.
• Strong Bad Gameways — Strong Bad suggests "fruitèd plains" as an ideal open location for Wii users to enjoy their game.
• Place Ya Bets! — Strong Sad instructs The Deleteheads to "Please be seatèd".
• Baddest of the Bands —
  • Strong Bad takes the light-up starfish on an advertisement for Bubs' Concession Stand, mentioning that "Bubs doesn't need this lightèd star."
  • After spraying the aerosol cheese into Pom Pom's empty fondue pot, Strong Bad calls it "a bubbly pot full of meltèd cheese".
• Doomy Tales of the Macabre — Strong Sad's poetry includes the word chillèd.
• Email too cool — Strong Sad wonders if Senor Cardgage's character video is "one of those urban legend cursèd videotapes".
• Halloween Hijinks — Teenage Homestar is wearing "zig-zaggèd pants", explaining that he's "trying to branch out".

Variations

Idiosyncratic uses of "è" in a suffix besides "-ed":

• Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective — Strong Bad says, "The moody lighting and smoky atmosphere are being brightèned too much by this plant."
• I Killed Pom Pom — Strong Sad says, "A specter risès!"

See Also

• -ant pronounced with a short A
• -or pronounced with a long O
• "Man" pronounced as "m'n"