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Old 17-11-2012, 01:03 PM   #30
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Originally Posted by Feel_Good_inc. View Post
Even a word like Zebra, makes more phonetic sense when you use the American Z.
Phonetically in England it would be pronounced Zed,bra. There is a whole letter e going unused.
While in America Zee,Bra at least sounds like it' making use of the e.
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Actually, don't a lot of people from England (and possibily other parts of the UK) say Zebra as 'Zeh-bra'? I've never heard someone saying 'Zed-bra'.

Funnily enough, I say Zed, but 'zeebra' as well as 'zeh-bra'. It just happens to be which ever one I say first.

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