Ok this may seen to be a random thread but read on!
There has been two incidents when the pronouncation of the word "Zebra" has been brought up to me recently-
The first was during Christmas Day when I was at my aunt flat (apartment) watching Madagascar with my uncle and cousin. I said something about the character Marty (the Zebra) which I had said "Zebra" as "Zee-bra" and my cousin quickly rebuttal me that it's "Zeh-bra". Sure I thought nothing more on it until today at work.
The manager and I were trying to find the PLU code (an ID code of the product) of these Zebra printed luggages that we brought down from the warehouse. I got confused at what the manager was saying at finding the code for the "sev-bra" (that what it sounded like to me at first) luggages until I thought back about the other pronouncation of the word Zebra.
So how it got me thinking, how do you pronounce the word "Zebra"? (What? It was a slow day at work.)
A quick pronouncation search reveal that US folks say Zebra as "Zee-bra" and British folks say it as "Zeh-bra". I'm from the UK and yet I say it as "Zee-bra".... which I blame on the media when they pronounce that word.
As for discussion values, has there been a time when you pronounce a word but then someone else quickly told you that it was pronounce something differently?
There has been two incidents when the pronouncation of the word "Zebra" has been brought up to me recently-
The first was during Christmas Day when I was at my aunt flat (apartment) watching Madagascar with my uncle and cousin. I said something about the character Marty (the Zebra) which I had said "Zebra" as "Zee-bra" and my cousin quickly rebuttal me that it's "Zeh-bra". Sure I thought nothing more on it until today at work.
The manager and I were trying to find the PLU code (an ID code of the product) of these Zebra printed luggages that we brought down from the warehouse. I got confused at what the manager was saying at finding the code for the "sev-bra" (that what it sounded like to me at first) luggages until I thought back about the other pronouncation of the word Zebra.
So how it got me thinking, how do you pronounce the word "Zebra"? (What? It was a slow day at work.)
A quick pronouncation search reveal that US folks say Zebra as "Zee-bra" and British folks say it as "Zeh-bra". I'm from the UK and yet I say it as "Zee-bra".... which I blame on the media when they pronounce that word.
As for discussion values, has there been a time when you pronounce a word but then someone else quickly told you that it was pronounce something differently?