Wolfspirit
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I'm just wondering how many people pronounce Z as "Zee" and how many people pronounce Z as "Zed".
Z "zee" Or Z "zed"
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skysnapper
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I say the letter Z as Zed but when phonetily spelling things i sometimes say zee or zed
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Hanz™
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"zee" is a phonetic pronounciation, and IS NOT the pronounciation of the actual letter.
Thats like saying you should say 'a' instead of "ay" for the letter A. Or if you called B "buh", instead of "bee".
This is of course only true for English.
Thats like saying you should say 'a' instead of "ay" for the letter A. Or if you called B "buh", instead of "bee".
This is of course only true for English.
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In america we pronounce it "zee".. of course there are exceptions depending on where you are. Pretty deverse place as it is.
Jarska333
What do you want?
"tseta", or "zeta" in finnish.
About the same way people pronounce the Z in Catherine Z. Jones.
(Except it would be zita in finnish...)
Zed in english, I suppose. I don't think much about it.
About the same way people pronounce the Z in Catherine Z. Jones.
(Except it would be zita in finnish...)
Zed in english, I suppose. I don't think much about it.
Goity
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It's Catherine Zita Jones anyway
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sam fisher
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I say it Zee even though im english but thats only at home. in school I have to say Zed but that just doesn't have the same ring to it.
Trip
Sorry, but I suck at explaining stuff :P
Same here!
Kinda depends on how u are using it I think.
Examples..
My fave letters zed.
W,X,Y,zee when saying the alphabet.
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LHC
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If you are talking about the pronunctiation, then yeah, that's his point.
If you are talking about the spelling, then no, it's Catherine Zeta-Jones.
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Mr.Jabberwocky
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It is zed. As far as I can make out zee comes from some rhyme Americans teach their children to help them learn the alphabet. In order to make it rhyme they have corrupted zed to zee. So all American's grow up thinking that is right and then inflict it on our children through the Simpsons and Sesame Street.
diablo2
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WTF is zed?
I say zee.
I say zee.
skysnapper
sleep is for wimps
Zed is the phonetically correct way of say 'Z'
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Iorgy77
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Zeds dead baby, Zeds dead.
Mr.Jabberwocky
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Whose chopper is this?
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LHC
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There is no 'correct way' of saying a letter in two different languages, much like there is no 'correct way' of spelling 'colour'.
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Jarska333
What do you want?
Actually, the correct way to spell colour is either colour or color, not par example, coluor.
My Fair Lady is a great movie.
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LHC
hello
If we are going to get 'par example' here, another correct way of spelling 'colour' is couleur. Of course only one language exists, and that is British/Commonwealth English :rolleyes:Actually, the correct way to spell colour is either colour or color, not par example, coluor.
Brits (and many others) often accuse Americans of 'being arrogant' and 'thinking they are the only nation on earth', but from what I can tell, Brits are far worse at accepting cultural differences when it comes to language.
"Hey it's ENGLISH right not AMERICAN so why did they change the language?". They didn't.
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thingley
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As a secondary school teacher in England I always accept American spellings when kids use them. So long as they are using standard spellings I couldn't care less if it is the English or American one. I've crossed swords with plenty of other teachers on this issue and you are quite right it is usually down to some sort of uptightness on the part of us brits. No reason for it other than we just like to be different.
Most brits spell 'Jail' the american way after all ( I guess if we were being patriotic we would spell it 'gaol' - but that just looks stupid)
Back on topic I used to always say Zed but now I sometimes slip and say Zee - Spent too long watching sesame street during school holidays..
Most brits spell 'Jail' the american way after all ( I guess if we were being patriotic we would spell it 'gaol' - but that just looks stupid)
Back on topic I used to always say Zed but now I sometimes slip and say Zee - Spent too long watching sesame street during school holidays..
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