How do you say Z?

[mkt]

Having recently stumbled upon the multiple pronunciations of this letter, that fall within the english language... I'm curious how you pronounce it...

perhaps the classic american "Zee" or maybe the more distinguished, old world "Zed"

or maybe something else... so how do YOU say it..

 

[lebernadin]

Zulu

 

[Foolish Mortal]

If I understand your question correctly, when I need to tell my dispatchers at work i'm using the letter Z, I always say Zebra.

 

[tigsmom]

I'm a Zee kinda person. :wave:

 

[Al]

Good question,

I say Zed

 

[NowInc]

In the computer graphics community.."zed" is more commonly used than "zee"...partially due to the fact that most of the software companies are based out of canada (and all their video tutorials and such are done with thick canadian/french accents)..but also because there is no mistaking the sound of "zed" when it comes to explaining hot key values to other artists.

I have adopted it in certain situations, but i still do use "Zee" most frequently.

 

[NowInc]

--edit-- (cuz of me being an idiot and posting 10 minutes after waking up)
Oh yeah!! double posting ROCKS!

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

Its zed of course you colonials. Unless its phonetically when it is Zulu.

 

[DMC-12]

Originally posted by Foolish Mortal
If I understand your question correctly, when I need to tell my dispatchers at work i'm using the letter Z, I always say Zebra.

Yeah... when I spell my last name on the phone or whatever for people... I say "Zee, as in Zebra...." :wave:

 

[no2apprentice]

Day to day conversation that's not work involved, I use "Zee."

Where I worked in California, we used "plain name" alphabet, Adam, Boy, Charles, David, Edward, etc. So back then I used Zebra.

Where I work now, we use the military alphabet, so it's Zulu.

Of course, it never hurts to be creative...sometimes I'll say "D, as in delicatessen," just to see if the person is paying attention.

I've never heard of the "Zed" pronunciation. Makes me wonder what other variations of letter pronunciations there are in our varied and complex language.

 

[ArchiDanDisney]

In greek especially, all the letters stand for a particular word, maybe this is where this discussion is coming from.

 

[Tim G]

l pronounce it "ZEED", so to me it's the classic "ZEE" with the distinguished "D" at the end...

 

[Dizknee_Phreek]

Originally posted by Pumbas Nakasak
Its zed of course you colonials.

yeah, great choice of words for a family site.

anyway, i'm a classic American 'zee', myself.

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

Originally posted by Dizknee_Phreek
yeah, great choice of words for a family site.

Anyway, i'm a classic American 'zee', myself.

How about retentive is that ok for a family site? Or is it the colonial bit that narls yer gonads?

The rolling eyes thing is very popular with pubescent teens i gather

 

[barnum42]

Yea verilly I duth say "zed".

 

[JBSLJames]

Originally posted by Pumbas Nakasak
How about retentive is that ok for a family site? Or is it the colonial bit that narls yer gonads?

The rolling eyes thing is very popular with pubescent teens i gather

Wow, wakeup on the wrong side of a hummer? :lol:

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

Originally posted by JBSLJames
Wow, wakeup on the wrong side of a hummer? :lol:

No Land Rover non of your over sized Yank tanks for this dude

 

[ogryn]

Originally posted by Pumbas Nakasak
No Land Rover non of your over sized Yank tanks for this dude

Stop it. You're killing me :lol: :lol: :lol:

It's clearly zed. And Zebra is Z-eh-bra, not Z-eeeeeeeeeeeeee-bra

 

[Dizknee_Phreek]

Originally posted by Pumbas Nakasak
How about retentive is that ok for a family site? Or is it the colonial bit that narls yer gonads?

The rolling eyes thing is very popular with pubescent teens i gather

all i was saying was that that particular curse word you used (no, not 'colonial') can be quite offensive to some people. now, i don't mention the use of bad language to people most of the time, and in fact i use bad language myself. except that particular word. i find it to be highly offensive. you obviously don't. that's fine. we'll agree to disagree. but, personally, i don't think it's a word that should be found on a family site, even if it was posted in chit chat.

and being in my late teens, i suppose the rolling eyes smiley would be considered popular among my age group...but then again, you must already know that since you used one.

 

[DMC-12]

Originally posted by Dizknee_Phreek
all i was saying was that that particular curse word you used (no, not 'colonial') can be quite offensive to some people. now, i don't mention the use of bad language to people most of the time, and in fact i use bad language myself. except that particular word. i find it to be highly offensive. you obviously don't. that's fine. we'll agree to disagree. but, personally, i don't think it's a word that should be found on a family site, even if it was posted in chit chat.

and being in my late teens, i suppose the rolling eyes smiley would be considered popular among my age group...but then again, you must already know that since you used one.

Dude, he was just kidding... relax...... :wave: