both, and i never bother to correct myself, or give it any consideration.
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This is the best answer.
I also say both and have no idea which one is going to come out of my mouth until it's said.
I used to not care about this at all, but recently I am adamant about using zed. Similarly, I go out of my way to use the non-American spelling for any words that have it.
Zed ad absurdum.
E-zed sharpener. Eee Zed Money. That sort of thing.
Drives everyone crazy, especially if it's a Canadian or Commonwealth product.
Zed
Zed
Zed
I spell my name with a zed not a zi. From Sask
Zed, unless its part of a person/product name where its specifically Zee, like Jay-Zee. Otherwise, it's Gen Zed.
Gen Zed
Zed
Zed
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
Edit: you can downvote all you want, the fact is that if you end the alphabet song with "Zed" you have to finish the rest as "next time won't you give me head" and that's just wrong
What are you talking about? Zed rhymes with Ved.
for my family, itβs very much Zed. jay zed, zed zed top,
To your question, I have a similar one... Do Canadians say tom"ay"to or tom"ah"to? π
What about potato?
"may" and "tay".
American here, can't believe so many of you guys are saying zed.
Canadian here and I can't believe but either. I hear Zee most of the time so much that Zed sticks out. Ibalso never hear Zedbra but always zeebra.
Canadian English is influenced somewhat by Canadian French. This can be seen in words such as "Supper" (souper) and a drugstore being called a "Pharmacy" (Pharmacie).
Other examples include "toque", "dΓ©panneur"/ "dep", "on special" (on sale), "metro", "pass the vacuum", etc.
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.
it doess??? ours says zed
Weird, the alphabet song says zed for me because that's what I choose to say.
Zed doesn't rhyme with V though.
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.
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I am Canadian I say Zed. Plus itβs fun to watch americans lose it when I say Zed Zed Top (heehee).
Fun fact about ZZ Top. Consists of two guys famously sporting long iconic beards and one who is not. The one who is not, his name is Frank Beard.
But that totally makes sense. Would have been two guys with a beard and one with two otherwise.
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