"zee" or "zed"?

[NY Hoya]

how do you pronounce the letter "z"? Which pronunciation do you think is correct?

 

[amadeus]

Who would pronounce "Z" as "zed?"

 

[Cunobelin Of Hippo]

Who would pronounce 'Zed' as 'Zee'?

 

[NY Hoya]

Originally posted by rmsharpe
Who would pronounce "Z" as "zed?"

much of the English speaking world outside the U.S. One of my Australian friends also pronounces "h" as 'haitch' rather than 'aitch'.

 

[Padma]

I'm American, so I say "zee". It is correct n the US. My British and Canadian friends say "zed". It is correct for them.

 

[Damien]

zed.
I didn't know americans pronounce zee.

 

[Hitro]

Also zed.
But just because I learned it that way years ago.

 

[amadeus]

Maybe I misinterpreted the sound of "zed" -- that would be the same as "zeh," correct? If you are talking about the pure "ze" prefix, then, I've used both.

 

[dannyevilcat]

Funny, I voted 'zee', and now I somehow feel less Canadian

 

[NY Hoya]

Originally posted by rmsharpe
Maybe I misinterpreted the sound of "zed" -- that would be the same as "zeh," correct? If you are talking about the pure "ze" prefix, then, I've used both.

no, zed rhymes with dead.

 

[kmad]

I don't think I ever use that letter

 

[dannyevilcat]

Actually, scratch that. I use 'zed' unconsciously, it's only when I have to think about it I think it's zee.

So, did America purposely change pronounciatians and spellings as a conscious decision after the revolution?

 

[NY Hoya]

Originally posted by Hitro
Also zed.
But just because I learned it that way years ago.

Isn't the German pronunciation "zet"? The real question should be how the hell you guys came up with your pronunciation for "y".

 

[Hitro]

Ypsilon?

Sounds greek, but I honestly don't know it.

But the German pronounciation of the letter "z" is different from the English "zet", it's a sharp "z".

 

[NY Hoya]

Originally posted by Hitro
Ypsilon?

Sounds greek, but I honestly don't know it.

But the German pronounciation of the letter "z" is different from the English "zet", it's a sharp "z".

it's more like a "tz" sound, right? At least that's how my (horrible) German teacher taught us.

 

[Hitro]

Yes, more like that.

You speak German?

 

[Damien]

Americans speak foreign languages!Incredible
Ypsilon is only used for the alphabet.
Germans pronounce it ü whereas Swiss pronounce it i

 

[Hitro]

Germans pronounce it "i" as well. The "i" or "ü" use depends on the word it is used in.
In former times it was widely used as "i" (like in English, probably connected to the same roots of the two languages), just later it got more and more subsituted by the evil "i".

And of course Ypsilon is only used in the alphabet. How would that sounds otherwise?
And the English speakers don't pronounce "h" as "aitch" either.

 

[NY Hoya]

Originally posted by Hitro
Yes, more like that.

You speak German?

A little. I took four years of it in high school and a year in college. Most of that is now forgotten. I did have the wonderful opportunity to live with a German family one summer in high school though. You have a beautiful country Hitro

 

[Hitro]

Originally posted by NY Hoya
A little. I took four years of it in high school and a year in college. Most of that is now forgotten.

Happened to me with French.

I did have the wonderful opportunity to live with a German family one summer in high school though. You have a beautiful country Hitro

I'm glad you liked it. Where have you been, if I might ask (and occupy the thread)?