How is the word Said pronounced?
The word says and the word said have a different sound – they have the “eh” sound as in “red.” Repeat after me: says / said.
How British say say?
Wells gives the result of a poll they conducted in 1998 among British English speakers concerning various words, with the result that “says” is pronounced /sɛz/ by 84% of respondents and /seɪz/ by 16% [the dictionary uses the transcription /e/ for the DRESS vowel, so they write “sez”, but I’m normalizing for
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When to Use says and say?
“Says” is used with the present tense, and “said” is used with the past tense. The main word is “say.” The present tense is “says,” the past is “said,” and the future tense is “will say.”