Ansar
Détente avec l'été
English - zee
Spanish - theta
French - zed
Spanish - theta
French - zed
Pronunciation of Z
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Damnyankee
Honest Abe
Zee, you Imperial barbarians, not zed ;-)
...there's already another letter for theta! The word "zee/zed/zete/whatever" comes from the greek letter ZETA, not THETA.
Zee, you see.
Ansar
Détente avec l'été
In the Spanish spoken in Spain, the letter "z" is called "theta".
When it is part of a word, it is pronounced "th".
Trajan12
Deity
It's that in Latin America. But as he said, in Spain, it's 'theta'.
Ansar
Détente avec l'été
That's because in all spanish-speaking countries (except Spain) it's pronounced zeta.
I use "zeta" but find "theta" better for when I have to know if the word is spelled with a "z" or a "s" since they both sound so alike.
Crosspost with Trajan
D'Artagnan59
The Gascon
Zee.
Like an American with an American accent.
Like an American with an American accent.
That's because in all spanish-speaking countries (except Spain) it's pronounced zeta.
I use "zeta" but find "theta" better for when I have to know if the word is spelled with a "z" or a "s" since they both sound so alike.
Crosspost with Trajan
The problem is that there is already a letter for theta - θ. Zeta is derived from a different letter.
Communisto
Condottiere
They taught me Zed up here
ansar and Trajan12 are correct.
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy!
"Zed Zed 9 Plural Zed Alpha."
It was also in the movie "Shaun of the Dead."
And I heard it once today, while on a conference call with my Indian coworkers in Pune.
Those three instances might be the only times I've heard it used in the English language.
Snerk
Smeghead
Norwegian: Zett or Zætt
English: Zee
English: Zee
jeps
Arcadefire
zed.
all the way. except zayiin in hebrew.
all the way. except zayiin in hebrew.
Communisto
Condottiere
While I've always said Zed like a good little canuck, I always had a problem with the way it clashed in the alphabet song
(with music) Que, Are, Ess, Tee, You, Vee, Double-You, Ex, Why and ZED
(with music) Que, Are, Ess, Tee, You, Vee, Double-You, Ex, Why and ZED
Narz
keeping it real
Wow, to 37% of you, I'm Narzed. Weird.
MjM
Deity
Zed? WTH? Thats not even a proper sound. Crazy foreign bastards.
