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Alena Asakura
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Posted - 2015.12.17 10:25:00 -
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Sequal's Back wrote:Do english people actually say "zed" ? In French it is called "Zed" and pronounced "zzz".
We'd say World War " Zed " or Day "Zed" for exemple. But a zoo would be called a zoo not a "zedoo" haha ^^
Yes, English people say "zed". So do Australians, New Zullanders and South Africans. Actually pretty much the whole English speaking world except for the Americas.
As an aside, when you see zzzzzz do you say "zeezeezeezeezee"? No, you say "zzzzzzz", so do we. The name of the letter is eiher Zee or Zed or whatever, but everyone SAYS zzzzzz. |
Alena Asakura
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Posted - 2015.12.17 10:27:00 -
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VAHZZ wrote:I just say Z...why the hell would i say Zed? Stupid
Ah, VAHZZ do you say Z or do you say Zee? You pronounce it Z but you CALL it Zee, I imagine. Unless you don't live in the Americas, in which case you call it Zed. |
Alena Asakura
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Posted - 2015.12.17 19:31:00 -
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Sned TheDead wrote:I'm going to say something.
There is this thing called change.
it effects pretty much everything.
and just because something changes does not mean that thing is wrong.
it is the reason we are not all still speaking a combination of latin and germanic.
so yes americans use a 'newer' version of the same language that the people of the UK do, but that does not mean that they are inherently wrong.
it is merely different.
:)
Agreed. Just because something is different doesn't make it wrong.
However, the reason it's different is because Americans have taken it on themselves to "reform" the English language, a goal which is pointless, as the English language, by evolution, is a hodgepodge of bits from any number of different languages, most of them European, growing and adding to itself every single day. Noone has a hope of "reforming" such a fluid language. It would be like herding catz (sorry deadcatz...).
And in point of fact, we ARE indeed mostly "still speaking a combination of latin and germanic". Even the "reforms" haven't eliminated this, because we would have to invent entirely new words to replace the old ones.
But the thing that makes it really wrong is when they try to inflict their "corrected version" of English on the rest of the English speaking world, as if it's something they've invented, or done us a service by. I have no problem with new versions of anything. I make up new words every day to express myself. That doesn't make the words I use correct, and I don't inflict my version on everyone else. |
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