Poll: How do you pronounce the letter "z"?

[chaosyoshimage]

It's news to me that people pronounce it "zed" in other places. Why is English so different in America? It doesn't make sense...

 

[Agayek]

Zee. Anyone who does otherwise is simply wrong.

 

[spectrenihlus]

I'm an Australian who pronounces it 'Zee'.

'Zed' sounds silly, and doesn't rhyme in the alphabet song. For these reasons, I dislike it.

SEE SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS!! Zed sounds STUPID.

 

[Colour Scientist]

I say zed, unless I'm reciting the Alphabet song, in which case it would be "zee".
Zed just doesn't rhyme.

 

[Dimitriov]

I pronounce it properly, that's how! >


... Zed.

 

[One of Many]

I pronounce it the correct way, zee.

 

[NekoDaimyo]

I pronounce it like an "s" with a buzz.

Or did you mean phonetically? You did, didn't you. That's "zee."

I mean, obviously.

 

[JediMB]

I alternate, depending on what version of English I'm trying to stick to at the moment.

In text, though, it's usually American English... but there I usually don't have any reason to type out the pronunciation of 'z'.

 

[JediMB]

I pronounce it like an "s" with a buzz.

That's what I was going to say at first too.

 

[azukar]

I pronounce it the correct way.

 

[Irony's Acolyte]

Z <-- Just like that. Nice and simple.

 

[Kapol]

I think zee seems like a more natural way to say a letter, while zed seems more like it should be a word in of itself. To me, it doesn't matter as much if zed is technically right. Zee just sounds more natural for the letter.

But I will admit that calling zombies Zeds, while completely silly to call them basically Z's, sounds pretty awesome.

 

[A.A.K]

I'm aussie...but I pronounce it Zee anyways because I like Zee better than Zed.

 

[Palademon]

Lord Zedd is disappoint with all of you that got it wrong.

 

[00slash00]

i feel so ignorant, i didnt realize there was more than one way to pronounce Z

 

[6unn3r]

I like the sleep version of ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ (just say t out loud as written).

 

[Sentox6]

Well goodie for you. What do you want? A cookie? -.-;

Only if you got one.

But frankly, the simple act of informing the OP that not all New Zealanders are zee-ers is its own reward.

 

[Waflmao]

Curse you dragon ball Z!