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"zed" v. "zee"

LtPage1

LtPage1

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watching top gear, i notice that whenever the letter "Z" comes up (BMW Z8, Nissan 350Z), they pronounce it "zed," instead of "zee." is that how they pronounce the letter in england? why did it change over here in the US?


thanks, carlounge linguistic man! (but dug777 said it first) 🙂

Originally posted by: vduBen"Zee" was a dialectal pronunciation in England during the 1600s. Brits colonized the US and brought this pronunciation with them. Meanwhile, in England, the dialectal "Zee" faded out of use and "Zed" became the dominant pronunciation. Linguistic classes suck, but you get handy little info like this
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Originally posted by: LtPage1
watching top gear, i notice that whenever the letter "Z" comes up (BMW Z8, Nissan 350Z), they pronounce it "zed," instead of "zee." is that how they pronounce the letter in england? why did it change over here in the US?
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it's how they pronounced when the mayflower left for yankland 😉

in oz we say zed, so the must have changed by the time we were settled 🙂
 
Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle
it's pronounced zed in Canada as well. I don't know what inspired you Yanks to change the pronounciation.
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They didn't i don't think 😛

Check my post, i got all that info from Bill Bryson-that awesome Made in America book i think...
 
Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle
it's pronounced zed in Canada as well. I don't know what inspired you Yanks to change the pronounciation.
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It DOES make sense...

do you pronounce "b" "bed"? Do you pronounce "c" "sed"? Do you pronounce "d" "dead"?

Need I go on?
 
depends on how it's used for me... heh

for a camaro... ZED 28 sounds better, but i think i like 350 ZEE better.

weird.
 
How the fsck do you get "zed" from "Z"?

A
BEE
CEE
DEE
E
EFF
GEE
H
EYE
JAY
KAY
L
M
N
OH
PEE
QUE
ARE
ESS
TEE
YOU
VEE
DOUBLEYOU
EX
WYE
...
ZED?

😕
 
its just weird for me- when i see the letter Z, it's instantly defined in my head as being pronounced "zee." it's like learning that in England, the number twelve refers to what Americans call "three." if that makes any sense.
 
Yeah I noticed that in Shaun of the Dead when they refered to 'zombie' as the "zed word". It doesn't make sense to me, as you're supposed to pronounce the letter by the sound it usually makes... and "zed" is a combination of 2 different sounds, with two consonances.
 
Originally posted by: LtPage1
watching top gear, i notice that whenever the letter "Z" comes up (BMW Z8, Nissan 350Z), they pronounce it "zed," instead of "zee." is that how they pronounce the letter in england? why did it change over here in the US?


thanks, carlounge linguistic man!

Originally posted by: vduBen"Zee" was a dialectal pronunciation in England during the 1600s. Brits colonized the US and brought this pronunciation with them. Meanwhile, in England, the dialectal "Zee" faded out of use and "Zed" became the dominant pronunciation. Linguistic classes suck, but you get handy little info like this
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i gave you that answer first reply :|

or didn't you read any of the replies? :|
 
yanno.. i've always wondered why on Stargate Atlantis the british characters referred to the power device ZPM as a Zed-PM...

 
Originally posted by: dug777
Originally posted by: LtPage1
watching top gear, i notice that whenever the letter "Z" comes up (BMW Z8, Nissan 350Z), they pronounce it "zed," instead of "zee." is that how they pronounce the letter in england? why did it change over here in the US?


thanks, carlounge linguistic man!

Originally posted by: vduBen"Zee" was a dialectal pronunciation in England during the 1600s. Brits colonized the US and brought this pronunciation with them. Meanwhile, in England, the dialectal "Zee" faded out of use and "Zed" became the dominant pronunciation. Linguistic classes suck, but you get handy little info like this
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i gave you that answer first reply :|

or didn't you read any of the replies? :|
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so you did. nah, i read them, but was doing homework at the same time and forgot.
 
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