Why would I use English correctly? Probably because I study English Language at degree level. I have no respect for the American bastardisation of English.
As long as W, doubleyou, is fucking up the phonetic pattern in letter names, Zed isn't a problem. When we start calling doubleyous Wees, or wuus, or something resembling its actual sound, then its time for the UK to reexamine Zed. Because it sounds like the name of an alien in a 60s space opera.
" I hate to be one of those people that starts a million threads a day, but I'm wondering what you guyzes think about the letter Z, correctly pronounced Zee. I understand the historical reason for pronouncing it "Zed" - it comes from the Greek, et cetera. But I don't know of any instance in a word in the English language where you would pronounce the letter Z as Zed. You don't say Zed-bra, for example, you say Zee-bra. You don't say zed-alous, either. I've done a quick mental run-through of the alphabet, and for every other letter there's a equal pronunciation of letter in word. For example - C: cinnamon, cest, cesspool. There are some fluky ones like M, but nothing as big as the disparity between how the letter Zee is pronounced in words and how it is said. "
each letter has an actual sound pronunciation and a capital pronunciation so "Zee" and "Zed" are both equally acceptable ways to say it a = ay & ah b = bee & buh ... need i go on
The thing is that there are cases where it feels right to change the pronunciation of a word (or a letter in this case) but this isn't it. Keep it "Zed", mayne.
Ey Bee Sea Dee Ee Ef Jee, what the hell are you talking about? This is both crazy and wrong. "
I didn't mean all the time, man. I meant that there's at least some words where both line up. Find me a legitimate word in the English language where the Z is said as Zed. That's what I meant. There might be one, I don't know. I spent about a minute looking on Dictionary.com. Couldn't find one. :) "
In England Zee-brahs are prenounced Zeb-rahs, which if you think about makes perfect sense because its spelt Zebra! not Zeebra!
Americans prenounce lots of words differently, or as i like to call it 'wrongly'. Just messing. :)
I know America is a big country. But there is this whole other thing called the World. And in english speaking parts of the rest of the world, its "Zed".
@ZanzibarBreeze: WOW I LOVE USA AMERICANS THEIR SO BRIGHT! XD. wow your so bright eh? did you know US is not the center of the universe? Its pronounced Zed when just saying the letter, it doesn't change the sounding of it when used in words. Lets be even more American's so smart ridiculous and say when saying the letter W "double-u" how come you don't pronounce the word YELLOW properly smarty pants, it should be YELLODOUBLE-U Oh hey heres another one genius T. Tree Trick Tracks Target are ALL wrong it should be "cause america centeer of everyteehing" Teeree Teerick Teeracks Teearget, OH HELL what about the letter K kay your not pronouncing that one right as well damn. Did you know that you are pretty much the only Country that still used fahrenheit & miles for speed signs and general distance measuring.
Not everything you Americans do & think do is law for the rest of the world & you just proved & gave new permission to why the rest of the world makes fun of the idiotic USA Americans. Now I think its time we start a new rebelling to force people with nuclear weapons and not hunting just for oil to teach people how to pronounce things the RIGHT AMERICAN WAY! Everyone line up behind me at the library's & schools with your properly pronounced cardboard signs.
P.S. how did you even finished school? wait.... its USA American schools OH..... that makes sense now. oops eye meeenntee noWAY
" It's pronounced 'zed'. 'Zee' sounds too much like 'C'. Edit: Also, I'm Canadian, and there's this weird stigma over pronouncing it 'zee' up here. I'm not really sure why. "
Its cuz americans pronounce it 'Zee', and we are always trying to somehow distance ourselves from them.
I use both interchangibly depending on the situation. The problem with 'Zed' is that it doesn't rhyme in the alphabet song.
It's bizarre when people try to assert that the English language has absolute rules. English is a total mess, and that's ok. In fact, that's part of what makes it so interesting. But if Europeans and the random Canadian want to sniff haughtily and look down their noses at Americans, well... that's just another day that ends in Y.
" This topic makes absolutely no sense. For example, no words that begin with the letter X are pronounced with an "ex" sound. Please, think things through before randomly creating topics about them. "
X-RAY. Hehe, I kid...don't think it's a word either. :D I got taught to say zed, if you were spelling something out zee would be too easily mixed up with C or something, zed wouldn't.
The "zebra" and "zealous" examples don't really hold up, when you say a word you don't pronounce each individual letter. Back to the point though, I've lived in England all my life and (with one exception) I've always heard everyone here pronounce it "zed" and only discovered the "zee" pronunciation from American television.
isn't the difference that it's a specified C. and to differentiate it you pronounce it "zed" in the alphabet, just as you do with "H". you don't say "aitc-orse" you say "h-orse". it's hard to explain the sound H....
" Because even when it's not being said in the right english way, it's still Zed. I'm in Denmark, that's in Europe. But some people out there in your nation don't have maps, so you don't even know where America is.. So I guess I'm giving you the xenophobe answer you would have given :D Americunts "
Not everybody in the Unites States is as dumb as the OP or as Ms. South Carolina. The OP is an example of the stupid american stereotype that thinks that everything we do or say is the RIGHT thing to do and if you do or say something different then you're wrong.
I'm an American from California and I find your sweeping characterizations quite insulting.
And Zed or Zee, they're both fine. Zed was the original pronunciation, but Zee is what I was taught as a small child in the US. Not my fault.
It's not "zed" fool. As America is the premier English Speaking country, we set the rules. Z is Z, not Zed. Japanese people say Zed all the time and it drives me the fuck insane.
" It's pronounced 'zed'. 'Zee' sounds too much like 'C'. Edit: Also, I'm Canadian, and there's this weird stigma over pronouncing it 'zee' up here. I'm not really sure why. "
As a Canadian I feel it is my responsibility to protect our language from being Americanized. I lecture people who say "zee". I also correct people who don't put in "u" in humour, armour, flavour etc.
@Elazul
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" This topic makes absolutely no sense. For example, no words that begin with the letter X are pronounced with an "ex" sound. Please, think things through before randomly creating topics about them. "
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