Zee or Zed?

[Artman2004]

How do you pronounce the letter "z"?

[OniriA]

Zee

[Azuris]

Zed

 

Because english isn't my native Language and i simply use the most similiar to mine.

Zett - German

Zeta - Spanish

 

I am getting often confused when People use Zee, as it is very similiar to C.

But english spelling is broken netherless :D

 

[Aaron Blain]

I'm going to take this opportunity to shill for The Spectrum Show. I'm from Ohio, but I love referring to the thing as the "Zedecks".

 

Is 'zed' a UK thing or is it everybody from the Commonwealth? I don't think Canadians say 'zed' but I'm not sure about Australasia. I've also watched a lot of tech tutorials made by residents of the former British Empire, but I don't remember whether I hear 'zed' from South Asians even when they have thick British-English accents.

Edited August 8, 2023 by Aaron Blain

[Murdoch]

Here in New Zealand zed is more common. Though oddly I do say zeedoom not zed-doom. I think zee is, as others have said, primarily an American thing like pronouncing solder sodder etc. 

[Thomased22]

Zee is my preference but I'm not impartial to Zed. Though mainly for less general uses.

[Individualised]

If this is a serious question from a non-native speaker and not a topic designed to cause a flame war then it's dialectal - American English only uses "zee" and British English only uses "zed".

Edited August 8, 2023 by Individualised

[Astar]

In school we were only told to use "zed" as the only correct pronunciation

[Herr Dethnout]

Zeta

[plums]

13 hours ago, Aaron Blain said:

I don't think Canadians say 'zed'

Canadians definitely say zed (when talking about the letter on its own). Basically everywhere but the U.S. does.

Edited August 9, 2023 by plums

[Individualised]

6 minutes ago, plums said:

Canadians definitely say zed. Basically everywhere but the U.S. does.

"Zed" is correct in Canadian English but many Canadians don't use it, especially younger Canadians.

Edited August 8, 2023 by Individualised

[plums]

Just now, Individualised said:

"Zed" is correct in Canadian English but Canadians don't really use it, especially younger Canadians.

Huh, I'm Canadian and I've literally never heard anyone born in Canada say zee that I can remember, but I don't really interact with young people so I believe it if you say zee is a thing now.

[Mr. Freeze]

Zee. A "Zed" is a mutant from Killing Floor. 

[Individualised]

1 minute ago, plums said:

Huh, I'm Canadian and I've literally never heard anyone born in Canada say zee that I can remember, but I don't really interact with young people so I believe it if you say zee is a thing now.

I'm not Canadian so maybe I'm misinformed about how common it exactly is.

[Herr Dethnout]

Now that people are saying, I realize how confusing is saying Z as "Zee", because is phonetically similar as C.

 

So yeah, "Zed" sound way better but I'm accustomed with "Zee"...

 

lol

[Midway64]

zetazetazeta...

 

and about the zed... is it said 'sid' for seed? Or by another way?

[Individualised]

3 minutes ago, ValveMercenary said:

zetazetazeta...

 

and about the zed... is it said 'sid' for seed? Or by another way?

Rhymes with "bed". Also "i" in English isn't pronounced like in other languages so "sid" does not sound like "seed" to native speakers, I've heard that if your native language does not have that sound though then it can be hard to distinguish between the two.

Edited August 8, 2023 by Individualised

[Midway64]

Shoulda pointed out that 'sid' as in pronunciation.

<small>Coming from Oxford languages</small>

 

Edited August 8, 2023 by ValveMercenary
I swear Firefox likes to duplicate.

[Kuro_mahoh]

Zee

It's more cool and badass sounding

[Caffeine Freak]

Zee is alive and well.

 

Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead.

[Stupid Bunny]

Zulu. Or alternatively I use the Rogue standard to help spell over the phone. “That’s Zombie, Hobgoblin, Emu….”

No but I’ve been living in Ireland the last while so I’ve had to adjust to calling it zed so as not to confuse everybody. Also “Haich” instead of “aich” for H (which I guess makes sense, that H would start with an H sound.)

[Guff dotD]

I use 'z'.

 

(Which one I am referring to is up to individual interpretation.)

[DerBlanca]

Zed sounds cooler, that's what I always used. 

[LadyMistDragon]

Zee. Try saying "Zed" with an American accent and just see how many odd looks you get.:P)

[Chow Yun Thin]

Zee, although once during a very staticky phone call I had to say "Z as in zoo" to get the letter across.

 

1 hour ago, Mr. Freeze said:

Zee. A "Zed" is a mutant from Killing Floor. 

Specimen, please.

 

I never did like the overuse of Zed in the second game much like how badass was overused in Borderlands 2. But I seriously doubt anyone else was gonna call them Specimens like in the mod, or Specs as if they're fighting a bunch of eyewear.

 

Eh, I just edited the strings in the .int files to replace Zed with Specimen and left it until the next game update overwrote it.

[BeachThunder]

I say 'zed'.

 

With (G)ZDoom, sometimes I say ZeeDoom, other times I say ZedDoom. Although, when I go with the latter, I always think "cheesy Doom".

[taufan99]

As a non-native English speaker, I'm much more accustomed to the American accent, so I use "zee". "Zed" is how it's spelled in my native language though.

[Capellan]

Zed

 

The use of 'zee' is becoming more common in Australia due to US media influence.

[LoatharMDPhD]

Zed...

[heliumlamb]

if im talkin to a brit i just say "the last letter of the alphabet"

example:
The Last Letter Of The Alphabet X Spectrum