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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zed of course.
Don’t argue with Meredith Rodney McKay.
Zed.
Dunno who decided zee was a thing, but they were wrong.
As far as I can remember I was taught in school to say it as ‘zee’. But that was in secondary language classes and that was a long time ago… We definitely say it as ‘zed’ in French though.
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Wait… It’s not?
Technically it is. The Japanese pronunciation would say “Zetto” as a close approximation of “Zed”.
But the English dub was done for a US audience (despite the fact that the original English dub was recorded in Canada), so they deferred to the American pronunciation of Z.
This could also be the reason Canadian YouTubers would say zee - why alienate 90% of your market, and Canadians are still used to hearing it from American media.
also be the reason Canadian YouTubers would say zee - why alienate 90% of your market
I doubt it’s any fear of alienating them.
It is likely more the result of those youtubers growing up immersed in American media exports.
for my family, it’s very much Zed. jay zed, zed zed top,
Gen Zed
Zed
It’s like “zed” of course, because I’m > 30 years old. I don’t think it’s a regional thing, more of a “zoomer” thing maybe?
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
What are you talking about? Zed rhymes with Ved.
Zed. Grew up in Ottawa, since lived in Montreal a long time. French also says zed.
“Zed” now and forever.
It’s also zed in French, fwiw
We are now, no longer the Canadians who say ‘zi’.
What?
Username checks out, maybe…
It took me the longest time to figure out whether they wanted strawberries or shrubberies.
Like many things, it depends. I’m curious about the context where you’re actually hearing YouTubers say the letter.
It’s usually “zed” and we’re taught it as “zed” in school - at least when i was a kid.
If I’m spelling something it is Zed. I don’t think I’ve ever said Zee in that context.
The alphabet ends with Zee when singing it, due to the rhyme with Vee (and probably Sesame Street).
In my head I will say Nissan Zee for a Z type car. Though if I was to speak the phrase “Nissan Z type” I would say Zed.
When it is used in online slang (GG EZ) it is “Zee” for “easy”.
ZZ Top is Zee Zee Top. Zorro draws a Zed. Things are Zed-shaped, not Zee-shaped in general.
Another common one for me that I didn’t even notice for a while was Gen-Z, which I will always say “jenzi”. Zed sounds unacceptable there, even though I say zed in most other cases besides those you’ve outlined.
Yeah another one I thought of is XYZ
For me it’s Zed-axis, but Ecks-Why-Zee coordinates.
It’s Eee zed Pea zed!
I have always said it as “easy peasy”
They were joking. No one says easy peazed.
Lemon squee zed
Zed, unless its part of a person/product name where its specifically Zee, like Jay-Zee. Otherwise, it’s Gen Zed.
