Zed or Zee?

LordSutch

So this Dublin radio station now has a section called the A to Zee of rock music . . .

Do you say Zed or Zee?

I was brought up to say x, y, zed.

Has the letter 'zee' now replaced zed in the alphabet on this side of the pond? or is the use of the American 'zee' a minorty sport as practised by 'very cool' Dublin radio DJs

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Zeeee.

A b c deeeeee e f g. H-I-j-k-lmnop. Q, r, s. Tuv. W X y and ZED


Nah son completely ruins the flow innit

Olishi4

I say zed.

For a while when I was a kid, I used to think the l m n o part was a word like elemeno

Speedwell

If I'm ever at a gathering of you all, you can pick me out by my American accent. So I skewed the poll by one vote.

And of course, elemenopy is a word, isn't it?

Tauriel

Zed all the ways.

Everyone else is wrong

kingtiger

its Zed in all English speaking countries except America

Olishi4

Who's Zed?

mansize

Zed's dead baby, Zed's dead.

TerrorFirmer

Definitely zee for me.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Zed leppelin

Junkyard Tom

It doesn't matter.

Lucyfur

Depends. If I'm spelling something it's usually zed but if I'm singing the alphabet song it's always zee

Jimbob1977

'Zed' in Ireland

Although Country Folk insert the unnecessary 'a' prefix

'A Zed'. My mum does it all the time.

Zee rhymes better though

gumbo1

If its a capital letter, as in I'm spelling out s word that starts with Z then I'll pronounce it Zed. If it's a lower case then it's zee. Does that make me weird?

Atlantic Dawn

Olishi4 wrote: »

Who's Zed?

http://orig07.deviantart.net/2319/f/2009/197/7/d/zed_from_police_academy_by_tiiinamari1.jpg

LordSutch

Country folk say 'a zed', really

Never heard that before.

Atoms for Peace

Damm, too late to use the pulp fiction quote!

daisybelle2008

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Zed leppelin

Zed Zed Top

riffmongous

As soon as Zed gets here, the party will begin

Zed for zombie, never zee, at least in computer games, not sure about WWZ

Badly Drunk Boy

Jimbob1977 wrote: »

'Zed' in Ireland

Although Country Folk insert the unnecessary 'a' prefix

'A Zed'. My mum does it all the time.

Zee rhymes better though

I worked with a country woman before who always added the 'a-' before any zed word.

"I'm going to the a-zoo."
"That stripey horsey looks like an a-zebra."

I still say 'zed'. From the Greek 'Zeta'. Even though I'm country-ish, I'm a bit cultured.

LordSutch

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Definitely zee for me.

Yeah, but you're an American I guess?

Sir Osis of Liver.

Zee for me and I'm as Irish as it gets.

Although I was reared by television.

Your Face

Hitler is zed.

mad muffin

Zedato zeedato

_Whimsical_

It's zed, zee sounds too much like C if you're spelling something out.

Letree

Anyone born and raised in ireland and calls it zee should be punched in the nose

Banjoxed

LordSutch wrote: »

Country folk say 'a zed', really

Never heard that before.

My mum. She's country. "A-zoo". Hon mentions to the rare times she mentions Xylophones. Then it's "A-zylophone".

Banjoxed

Letree wrote: »

Anyone born and raised in ireland and calls it zee should be punched in the nose

Certainly ridicule by small children on the street would be appropriate.

Spanish Eyes

If it is not pronounced "Zed" you are an American wannabe who watches Shyte drivel from there ad infinitum. And you talk like them too. WTF.

It is ZED. End of.

Wigglepuppy

Jimbob1977 wrote: »

'Zed' in Ireland

Although Country Folk insert the unnecessary 'a' prefix

'A Zed'. My mum does it all the time.

Zee rhymes better though

LordSutch wrote: »

Country folk say 'a zed', really

Never heard that before.

I thought that was a Dublin thing. "We're going to the ah-zoo" can only be in an old-skool Dublin accent in my head.

mansize

Ah Zed, one of my secondary teachers started coming out with this Shît one day and I was like wtf???

LordSutch

Zed.


...unless of course you're American, or a DJ on Radio Nova.

LordSutch

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

It's zed, zee sounds too much like C if you're spelling something out.

Agreed.

JupiterKid

It's zed in Ireland and the UK. Zee is American.

I remember learning the letter as zee on Sesame Street and my grandmother correcting me when to pronounce it as "zed.":o:P

Harry Palmr

Zed Zed Top rock

syklops

I used to get in trouble in primary school for saying Zee. I was the only Sesame Street fan in the school. It must have clashed with the Sunday game or something.

Stigura

Just thinking; I guess the Zed lot say Zebra and the Zee's say Zeebra

What is this place doing to my f**king mind?!?

LordSutch

Zee sounds too much like the letter C.

Butters1979

It's zed and I'll fight to the death anyone who says otherwise. That's how I feel. Now if only I knew why.

Stigura

You're my sort of head case, Butters! :cool:

FrKurtFahrt

I KNOW its Zed, but I still can't help pronouncing it Ahzed. Zee doesn't enter into the debate.

Shint0

Try pronuoncing it in Spanish. That's a whole other ball. It's more like TH. Anyone who never had a lisp just acquires one by trying to pronounce 'z' properly e.g. beer which is cerveza but pronounced more like cervetha.

FrKurtFahrt

Shint0 wrote: »

Try pronuoncing it in Spanish. That's a whole other ball. It's more like TH. Anyone who never had a lisp just acquires one by trying to pronounce 'z' properly e.g. beer which is cerveza but pronounced more like cervetha.

I share your pain. I had a Spanish lad try to get me to properly pronounce Velasquez. I found it impossible.

Stigura

Shint0 wrote: »

Try pronuoncing it in Spanish. That's a whole other ball. It's more like TH. Anyone who never had a lisp just acquires one by trying to pronounce 'z' properly e.g. beer which is cerveza but pronounced more like cervetha.

So; That's where Ibiza comes from then? Cool. I never knew that

RobbingBandit

Zed bring out the gimp.

It's zee all the way baby.

Call Me Jimmy

Zee's dead baby. Zee's dead. doesnt have the same ring to it

Zed. But I hear zee a lot thanks to my American girlfriend. We've discussed it before. :pac:

Wibbs

Do NOT get me started. NO really… :pac: