Writing

A quick Google search turned up lots of links. Here are 2 explanations:

1. Cursed or Curs-ed?
I was wondering if this is something r/fantasy would get.

Harry Potter and the Curs-ed Child is now open in my city and my wife asked me why I kept pronouncing it ‘curs-ed’ (two syllables). My immediate response was; “that’s how you say it”.

But I knew that was wrong as soon as it came out of my mouth. It made me rethink it and (for me at least) I came up with:

One-syllable ‘cursed’ is a verb, the past tense of ‘to curse’. “Harry Potter cursed the child”

Two-syllable ‘curs-ed’ is an adjective. “Harry Potter and the ‘Curs-ed’ Child”



2. Curs-ed is like annoying and irritating. That cursed kid keeps throwing wontons at me.

Cursed is to be afflicted by a curse. That kid has cursed my wontons.