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Re: The letter "Z": ZED OR ZEE?!
« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2006, 12:13:07 am »
Another vote for the American ZEE here.

I wonder how they sing that song in countries that pronounce it "Zed".

Maybe something like...

ABCDEFG,HIJKLMNOP,QRS,TUV, WXY & Zed
Now I know my X,Y, Zed's
They're all stored here in our heads!  :)


God. I'll shut up now!  ::)

Hahahaha, that was great!  :laugh:

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Re: The letter "Z": ZED OR ZEE?!
« Reply #11 on: July 11, 2006, 09:56:28 am »
I wonder how they sing that song in countries that pronounce it "Zed".

Maybe something like...

ABCDEFG,HIJKLMNOP,QRS,TUV, WXY & Zed
Now I know my X,Y, Zed's
They're all stored here in our heads!  :)


God. I'll shut up now!  ::)

he he. that's cute.
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Re: The letter "Z": ZED OR ZEE?!
« Reply #12 on: July 11, 2006, 08:28:01 pm »
Rack up another American 'zee'.  Common expression "Zee like in Zebra".

What do other countries use for clarifcation?

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Re: The letter "Z": ZED OR ZEE?!
« Reply #13 on: July 11, 2006, 09:52:23 pm »
Rack up another American 'zee'.  Common expression "Zee like in Zebra".

What do other countries use for clarifcation?

I guess it's kind of like the letter W....

We don't say 'double-u-indow' for window.

I don't know Delalluvia. It's a good question. :)
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Re: The letter "Z": ZED OR ZEE?!
« Reply #14 on: July 12, 2006, 02:39:20 am »
It has to be ZEE; otherwise, the "Alphabet Song" doesn't rhyme:   :)

ABCDEFG
HIJKLMNOP
QRSTUV
WXYZ
Now I know my ABCs
Tell me what you think of me.

I learned it slightly different,  with "zed" and it rhymes:

ABCDEFG
HIJKLMNOP
QRS and TUV
WX and Y and Z
WX and Y and Z
Now I know the alphabet


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Re: The letter "Z": ZED OR ZEE?!
« Reply #15 on: July 12, 2006, 02:58:22 am »
I learned it slightly different,  with "zed" and it rhymes:

ABCDEFG
HIJKLMNOP
QRS and TUV
WX and Y and Z
WX and Y and Z
Now I know the alphabet



That's good!  :D

Or maybe we could say...

....WX,Y and "Zed"
Now that this is in my head,
it's time for me to go to bed!   :(

Pretty bad, huh?

I think I liked yours better!  :)
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Re: The letter "Z": ZED OR ZEE?!
« Reply #16 on: July 12, 2006, 07:58:59 am »
Zed here!

Now what about the letter J.

In Scotland it rhymes with I  but in the rest of UK it rhymes with K.  What about the rest of the world?

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Re: The letter "Z": ZED OR ZEE?!
« Reply #17 on: July 12, 2006, 03:06:49 pm »
That's good!  :D

Or maybe we could say...

....WX,Y and "Zed"
Now that this is in my head,
it's time for me to go to bed!   :(

Pretty bad, huh?

I think I liked yours better!  :)

Uuuuuh, bad  ;)
But for 1:58 am (if this is your time zone) it's near ingenious  ;D



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Re: The letter "Z": ZED OR ZEE?!
« Reply #18 on: July 12, 2006, 06:33:19 pm »
ZED here, well in the UK atleast. I remember when I was little I got told off in play school for saying Zee instead of Zed. Cause I had learnt the alphabet from Sesame street and other American tv shows. Even now I have to think about it, I guess that just shows that I think I am American. ;D
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Re: The letter "Z": ZED OR ZEE?!
« Reply #19 on: July 13, 2006, 08:01:14 pm »

Rack up another American 'zee'.  Common expression "Zee like in Zebra".

What do other countries use for clarifcation?


I guess it's kind of like the letter W....

We don't say 'double-u-indow' for window.

I don't know Delalluvia. It's a good question. :)

I thought about it more David and it was a dumb question. Duh.  In the States we say 'Zee as in Zebra' because Zee sounds like our pronunciation for the letter 'C' (See), so we have to clarify.  If you say 'Zed' it doesn't come close to anything else in the alphabet.
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