There are too many letters like T and B and C that sound the same on the phone, so saying zee would just confuse the situation even more, especially since I can never remember the radio alphabet and make it up eg. ummmmm c for....circus?
Even as the stone of the fruit must break
that its heart may stand in the sun,
so must you know pain.
There are only two ways in which one can live their life. One is as though nothing is a miracle, the other is as though everything is.
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.
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'.
But that original argument (that I can't be bothered to find to quote) makes no sense - we don't pronounce the names of letters in our words, we pronounce the sound they make. Like T for example, is called "tee" but we don't say it that way - look at words like it, at, that, we pronounce the "t" sound differently to "tee".
Even as the stone of the fruit must break
that its heart may stand in the sun,
so must you know pain.
There are only two ways in which one can live their life. One is as though nothing is a miracle, the other is as though everything is.
I know what it's like to want to die. How it hurts to smile. How you try to fit in but you can't. How you hurt yourself on the outside to try to kill the thing on the inside. ~ Girl Interrupted
When you dont want to feel, death seems like a dream. ~ Girl Interrupted
But that original argument (that I can't be bothered to find to quote) makes no sense - we don't pronounce the names of letters in our words, we pronounce the sound they make. Like T for example, is called "tee" but we don't say it that way - look at words like it, at, that, we pronounce the "t" sound differently to "tee".
I totally agree! We call L 'el' but we pronounce it more 'luh'
I love the English language and although it can be a tad annoying sometimes... I WILL DEFEND IT TO MY DEATH!!! The history of our beautiful language is fascinating, but I won't bore you guys with the details here....
I totally agree! We call L 'el' but we pronounce it more 'luh'
I love the English language and although it can be a tad annoying sometimes... I WILL DEFEND IT TO MY DEATH!!! The history of our beautiful language is fascinating, but I won't bore you guys with the details here....
You'll just bore me instead!
Let us go then you and I, when the evening is spread out against the sky, like a patient etherized upon a table
- T.S. Elliot
But that original argument (that I can't be bothered to find to quote) makes no sense - we don't pronounce the names of letters in our words, we pronounce the sound they make. Like T for example, is called "tee" but we don't say it that way - look at words like it, at, that, we pronounce the "t" sound differently to "tee".
Exactly my point but in further detail. A language's spelling system is completely different to the International Phonetic Alphabet which helps to decode words of a language so that people know how to pronounce them. A word is like an invisible man; the sounds are his body, the letters are just his clothes.
Zed. I like the 'thunk' sound of it, rounds the alphabet off nicely & firmly, like a full stop.
I like the sound of it for that reason too. I learned the rhyme with zed not zee so using zee seems a little odd sounding, but I suppose that's because I've never said zee.
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