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I never hear it pronounced "text," rolig, at least not in the past tense. It's always "tex-ted," or even "teck-sted."
I don't feel the need for a verb here, hence I can't suggest a pronunciation for texted as it has never sullied my lips. What I hear is almost tegs-td.
How does one say "texted"? My feeling is that, exceptionally, it should be one syllable, with the second t silent to rhyme with "sexed". (I guess this would mean the past form would be pronounced the same as the main form, "text" - tekst.) Or do people tend to say "tex-ted"?
In the HSC, the bar was set even lower. Everything from a bus ticket to the works of Shakespeare was a "text" for analysis. This caused much consternation for traditionalists. Nevertheless, I am sure the "composer" of bus tickets would be grateful for all the "responders" he can get.
Why is texted clumsy? It seems perfectly fine to me, and I don't particularly like text messages.
To send an SMS. Past tense texted is very clumsy.
Something studied in a high school English class, could be a film or a comic.