Pronunciation of Z

[MjM]

What do you say, then? Zee-oh-oh?

Short o, dumbass.

 

[Bill3000]

Short o, dumbass.

Zed is the name of the letter, not the sound of the voiced alveolar sibilant (the "z" sound). You don't pronounce money "em-oney", do you?

 

[warpus]

Maybe he does.

On a side note, that's how the Polish alphabet works - you can pronounce any Polish word by referring to the extended alphabet.. with a couple notable exceptions.

 

[Bill3000]

Maybe he does.

On a side note, that's how the Polish alphabet works - you can pronounce any Polish word by referring to the extended alphabet.. with a couple notable exceptions.

We should all spell using the IPA and get it over with. It'll prevent dialects by clearly showing how a word needs to be pronounced.

 

[sysyphus]

Let's all just speak esperanto while we're at it.

 

[Arwon]

We should all spell using the IPA and get it over with. It'll prevent dialects by clearly showing how a word needs to be pronounced.

Doesn't work. It's still incredibly difficult to quantify vowels accurately using IPA, especially cos you foreigners insist on saying them wrong.

Consider: Australian English phonology which has two separate transcription rules to it because of a past fixation on RP, and also uses vowel-length instead of tenseness to distinguish certain vowels as many other accents do. How do you transcribe that!

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Doesn't work. It's still incredibly difficult to quantify vowels accurately using IPA, especially cos you foreigners insist on saying them wrong.

Consider: Australian English phonology which has two separate transcription rules to it because of a past fixation on RP, and also uses vowel-length instead of tenseness to distinguish certain vowels as many other accents do. How do you transcribe that!

You see, your problem is that you've made the logical fallacy ad Bill3000em : believing that a comment by Bill3K is to be taken either seriously or literally.

 

[EdCase]

So when you say zoo you say zed-oo
That just proves Britain is ********.

Guess American women love retards then

And another thing...if the American version of English is so wonderful, why oh why do you, Americans, continuously use British accented voice overs for commercials ?

 

[Catharsis]

Short o, dumbass.

Zee-o-o? Zee-ooo? Either way, it sounds like a Tourette's-induced seizure.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

Well they use us Brits for villains in movies as well. American ladies love the Brits (women like intelligent men), while British ladies love the Americans (they want a man who won't appear to be more intelligent than they are).

 

[Arwon]

Cheesy: True, but I wanted to talk about the IPA and Australian phonology, so everybody wins here.

 

[jeps]

so I wouldnt call American English a butchering of English.

Thats too weak.

I would either call it a massacre or the bastard child of English.

(*NOTE: THIS POSTER REFERS TO QUEBEC FRENCH AS THE BASTARD CHILD OF FRENCH, AND NORTH ONTARIO FRANCOPHONE FRENCH AS THE BASTARD CHILD OF THE BASTARD CHILD OF FRENCH*)

 

[Lotus49]

Zee, like a good American with the superior dialect.

Yeah, what the flying heck are these other guys talking about, eh?

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

so I wouldnt call American English a butchering of English.

Thats too weak.

I would either call it a massacre or the bastard child of English.

(*NOTE: THIS POSTER REFERS TO QUEBEC FRENCH AS THE BASTARD CHILD OF FRENCH, AND NORTH ONTARIO FRANCOPHONE FRENCH AS THE BASTARD CHILD OF THE BASTARD CHILD OF FRENCH*)

Bear in mind that English is to begin with a result of the unholy union of French and Germanic languages . . .

 

[Abaddon]

ZED, all the way.

 

[EconomistBR]

Zee, only rarely I hear Zed

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

The real question, of course, is "Is there a perfect correlation between nationality and pronunciation?"

 

[Trafalgar]

In England, it’s pronounced Zed.

But over there a boot is the trunk, the pavement is the sidewalk, dinner is tea, and lunch is dinner.

They eat pizza with a knife and fork, drink warm beer, and sing at sporting events.

What the hell do they know!

 

[Dubai Vol]

In England,.

They drink warm beer,

Lotus 49 will appreciate this one:

Why do the English drink warm beer?

Lucas refrigerators!

 

[Bill3000]

so I wouldnt call American English a butchering of English.

Thats too weak.

I would either call it a massacre or the bastard child of English.

(*NOTE: THIS POSTER REFERS TO QUEBEC FRENCH AS THE BASTARD CHILD OF FRENCH, AND NORTH ONTARIO FRANCOPHONE FRENCH AS THE BASTARD CHILD OF THE BASTARD CHILD OF FRENCH*)

English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore.