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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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[–] discomatic@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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.

[–] 90s_hacker@reddthat.com 10 points 1 week ago

it doess??? ours says zed

[–] ItsMeSpez@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Weird, the alphabet song says zed for me because that's what I choose to say.

[–] discomatic@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Zed doesn't rhyme with V though.