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Zed or Zee?

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  • 08-09-2016 8:01pm
    #1
    LordSutch
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    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 :)

    How do you pronounce the letter Z. 124 votes

    I pronounce it Zed.
    0% 0 votes
    I pronounce it Zee.
    100% 124 votes


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    #2
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭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


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    #3
    Olishi4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,469 ✭✭✭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


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    #4
    Speedwell
    Registered Users Posts: 3,809 ✭✭✭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?


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    #5
    Tauriel
    Registered Users Posts: 30,370 ✭✭✭✭Tauriel


    Zed all the ways.

    Everyone else is wrong :p


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    #6
    kingtiger
    Registered Users Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭kingtiger


    its Zed in all English speaking countries except America


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    #7
    Olishi4
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    Who's Zed? :)


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    #8
    mansize
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    Zed's dead baby, Zed's dead.


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    #9
    TerrorFirmer
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    Definitely zee for me.


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    #10
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
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    Zed leppelin


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    #11
    Junkyard Tom
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    It doesn't matter.


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    #12
    Lucyfur
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    Depends. If I'm spelling something it's usually zed but if I'm singing the alphabet song it's always zee


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    #13
    Jimbob1977
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    'Zed' in Ireland

    Although Country Folk insert the unnecessary 'a' prefix

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

    Zee rhymes better though


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    gumbo1
    Registered Users Posts: 681 ✭✭✭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?


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    #15
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users Posts: 81,645 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
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    Olishi4 wrote: »
    Who's Zed? :)

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


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    #16
    LordSutch
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    Country folk say 'a zed', really :D

    Never heard that before.


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    #17
    Atoms for Peace
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    Damm, too late to use the pulp fiction quote!


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    #18
    daisybelle2008
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    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    Zed leppelin

    Zed Zed Top


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    riffmongous
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    As soon as Zed gets here, the party will begin

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


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    #20
    Badly Drunk Boy
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    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.


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    #21
    LordSutch
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    TerrorFirmer wrote: »
    Definitely zee for me.

    Yeah, but you're an American I guess?


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    #22
    Sir Osis of Liver.
    Registered Users Posts: 2,793 ✭✭✭Sir Osis of Liver.


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

    Although I was reared by television.


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    #23
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,277 ✭✭✭Your Face


    Hitler is zed.


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    #24
    mad muffin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    Zedato zeedato


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    #25
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users Posts: 7,955 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


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


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    #26
    Letree
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    Anyone born and raised in ireland and calls it zee should be punched in the nose


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    #27
    Banjoxed
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    LordSutch wrote: »
    Country folk say 'a zed', really :D

    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".


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    #28
    Banjoxed
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    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.


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    #29
    Spanish Eyes
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    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.


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    #30
    Wigglepuppy
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    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 :D

    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.


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


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