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Professor010

613 posts since
Nov 6, 2002

Sep 5, 2006 2:40 PM

anyone not from the U.S., please help me out w/something

this is going to sound completely ridiculous, but I heard a rumor and i want to see if it's true. How do you pronounce the letter "z"? not in a word...like if you're just saying the letter.

i'll explain later.

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tyonkovich

44 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

1. Sep 5, 2006 2:44 PM

in response to: Professor010

Re: anyone not from the U.S., please help me out w/something

well, if this is not a joke, I can give you my $0.02

I am Brazilian. I pronounce it as "zee", but I've attended English classes where they pronouced "zed", not sure why... after I moved to the U.S. I never heard that one again...

Now explain why

Professor010

613 posts since
Nov 6, 2002

2. Sep 5, 2006 2:54 PM

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Re: anyone not from the U.S., please help me out w/something

someone told me that the US is the only place that says "zee," and all other english-speaking countries say "zed." just wanted to know if it was true.

anybody else...zee or zed?

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aurang

1,362 posts since
Jun 26, 2003

3. Sep 5, 2006 3:03 PM

in response to: Professor010

Re: anyone not from the U.S., please help me out w/something

That's adorably insular, but don't take that as an insult. I'm from Canada and, yes, we say 'zed', not 'zee'.

tyonkovich

44 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

4. Sep 5, 2006 3:12 PM

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Re: anyone not from the U.S., please help me out w/something

If I am not mistaken, the classes where I learned the "zed" version were British English classes... I can't tell for sure, since it was a long long time ago...

sam1500

57 posts since
Jul 19, 2006

5. Sep 5, 2006 4:30 PM

in response to: Professor010

Re: anyone not from the U.S., please help me out w/something

I'm in England, yes we pronounce it 'zed' here. I think it's only the US where it's pronounced 'zee'.

Twigger

401 posts since
Mar 3, 2005

6. Sep 5, 2006 5:26 PM

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Re: anyone not from the U.S., please help me out w/something

they pronounce it "zed". Its the British phonetic pronunciation. Its used in alot of countries Canada being one.
I have gone through so much **** about this lol. Take a kindergartener with a speech problem whose parents are Candadian who have taught her to say 'zed' and put her in a class in Texas and then the teacher saying that she is wrong over and over again because she is saying 'zed' instead of 'zee'. haha that was me lol.

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Professor010

613 posts since
Nov 6, 2002

7. Sep 5, 2006 6:14 PM

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Re: anyone not from the U.S., please help me out w/something

quote:<HR>Originally posted by aurang:
That's adorably insular, but don't take that as an insult. I'm from Canada and, yes, we say 'zed', not 'zee'.<HR>

it may seem like common knowledge to you, but i guarantee you that if you took a survey, 99% of people in the US would have never heard of 'zed.' how could we? no one knows that the spanish 'h' is pronounced 'hache' unless they take a spanish class...same thing goes for any alphabet. even if you visit a country, you dont hear individual letters (especially 'z') spoken much outside of a kindergarten classroom.

im the professor, ******* it. i cant have people thinking im insular, adorably so or otherwise. stop trying to ruin my rep!

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Grizzly039

451 posts since
Nov 1, 2006

8. Sep 5, 2006 6:23 PM

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Re: anyone not from the U.S., please help me out w/something

Zed it is.

"Now I know my ABCs, next time won't you sing with Ned?"
"Sing in bed?"

Just doesn't scan right, so we just sang "sing with me..."

Although Canajun kids know about the "zee", we still teach them the "zed".

Cully092

372 posts since
Jul 4, 2002

9. Sep 5, 2006 7:19 PM

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Re: anyone not from the U.S., please help me out w/something

Id be one of the 99% that had no idea it was pronouced zed...

On a side note I am slightly disappointed with what facebook has done with all the added update ****.

as are many other people..

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mrf040

42 posts since
Sep 5, 2006

10. Sep 5, 2006 7:22 PM

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Re: anyone not from the U.S., please help me out w/something

Well, I think the 'sing with me part' is meant to rhyme with 'now I know my ABC's,' anyway:

qrstuVEE
wxy(and)ZEE

I think those two lines rhyme. =)

But you never know... 'Ned' could catch on anyway... =)

runlifer08

178 posts since
Mar 1, 2005

11. Sep 5, 2006 7:25 PM

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Re: anyone not from the U.S., please help me out w/something

yep, zed was changed to zee so it would sound better in the song...

Professor010

613 posts since
Nov 6, 2002

12. Sep 5, 2006 7:32 PM

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Re: anyone not from the U.S., please help me out w/something

quote:<HR>Originally posted by Cully:

On a side note I am slightly disappointed with what facebook has done with all the added update ****. as are many other people..

<HR>

i would be one of those many other people. it's insanely stalkerish. they have a suggestion box kinda thing though...or so ive heard...if enough people complain maybe they'll get rid of it.

on a side note related to that side note...im planning on starting a coolrunning group on facebook. friend me if youre interested, and ill invite you.

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crlyn

15 posts since
Aug 31, 2006

13. Sep 5, 2006 7:39 PM

in response to: Professor010

Re: anyone not from the U.S., please help me out w/something

for people who pronounce "zed", do you have a different way to sing the alphabet? or is it just us americans that made a song just to remember a bunch of letters? i also happen to fall in that 99% category that didn't know this fact (which i find quite interesting).

Professor010

613 posts since
Nov 6, 2002

14. Sep 5, 2006 7:51 PM

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Re: anyone not from the U.S., please help me out w/something

quote:<HR>Originally posted by crlyn:
for people who pronounce "zed", do you have a different way to sing the alphabet? or is it just us americans that made a song just to remember a bunch of letters? <HR>

maybe "v" is pronounced "ved"...that would do it. and make about as much sense as "z" pronounced "zed."

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