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Zed
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
Gen Zed
Zed
Zed
both, and i never bother to correct myself, or give it any consideration.
I also say both and have no idea which one is going to come out of my mouth until it's said.
This is the best answer.
American here, can't believe so many of you guys are saying zed.
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.
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.
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.
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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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.
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As a mumbling Canadian, I always say Zed to avoid confusion with the letter C.
Regarding your point about Canadian YouTubers, I'm guessing their audience is overwhelmingly American, so they purposely say Z the American way. It also extends to money, temperature and other units. I hear Canadian YouTubers give prices in USD and temperature in F.
This Canadian youtuber doesn't.
I'm Canadian, and I pronounce things the proper Canadian way.
When mentioning measurements or temperature, I use metric, and if I also happen to translate to imperial, I joke that it is a courtesy translation for the 3 countries in the world still stuck in the obsolete units.
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Zed is the proper Canadian way to say it. Those people just probably watch a lot of American content so it stuck for them.
Zed is the proper Canadian way to say it.
Also the proper commonwealth way to say it.
Born and raised in the USA, only took a few months of living in Canada to switch to zed.
Also, never seen it spelt "zi" ever, lol.
Zed. Grew up in Ottawa, since lived in Montreal a long time. French also says zed.
zed of course.
Don't argue with Meredith Rodney McKay.
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