All of the Canadian youtubers that I watch pronounce the letter z as “zi”, as is done in the United States. However, I have read online that it is more common for Canadians to pronounce it as “zed”, as is done in the United Kingdom. Is this a regional thing? How do you pronounce the letter z?
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both, and i never bother to correct myself, or give it any consideration.
This is the best answer.
I also say both and have no idea which one is going to come out of my mouth until it’s said.
I used to not care about this at all, but recently I am adamant about using zed. Similarly, I go out of my way to use the non-American spelling for any words that have it.
Zed ad absurdum.
E-zed sharpener. Eee Zed Money. That sort of thing.
Drives everyone crazy, especially if it’s a Canadian or Commonwealth product.
Zed
Zed
Zed
Zed, unless its part of a person/product name where its specifically Zee, like Jay-Zee. Otherwise, it’s Gen Zed.
I spell my name with a zed not a zi. From Sask
Gen Zed
Zed
Zed
It’s a Camaro “Zed” 28
But the alphabet it’s X, Y, “Zee”
X, Y, Zed
Nah, you can’t fuck up the rhyming in the alphabet song
Edit: you can downvote all you want, the fact is that if you end the alphabet song with “Zed” you have to finish the rest as “next time won’t you give me head” and that’s just wrong
What are you talking about? Zed rhymes with Ved.
for my family, it’s very much Zed. jay zed, zed zed top,
American here, can’t believe so many of you guys are saying zed.
Canadian here and I can’t believe but either. I hear Zee most of the time so much that Zed sticks out. Ibalso never hear Zedbra but always zeebra.
Canadian English is influenced somewhat by Canadian French. This can be seen in words such as “Supper” (souper) and a drugstore being called a “Pharmacy” (Pharmacie).
Other examples include “toque”, “dépanneur”/ “dep”, “on special” (on sale), “metro”, “pass the vacuum”, etc.
At the risk of being unpopular, I say zee. I’ve been corrected so many times by my friends, but I spent a lot of time in the US and it just stuck. Plus, the alphabet song specifically says zee, and I’m not arguing with that.
it doess??? ours says zed
Weird, the alphabet song says zed for me because that’s what I choose to say.
Zed doesn’t rhyme with V though.
