Poll: How do you pronounce "Zebra"?

[DanielBrown]

Zee-bra. Had to say it in my head a few times.
I assume I pronounce it that way because the Swedish version is Se-bra.

Not sure about the second question, but I know I still can't pronounce melee and meme right. I say me-lee and me-me since I read the words long before I ever heard anyone say them.

 

[LongAndShort]

Zeh-bra most of the time though the occasional Zee-Bruh has snuck out, and I'm down in Australia.

I remember getting into some heated discussion with my family over the pronounciation of Cicada. My parents, sisters and I all insisted it was pronounced zic-AH-da (we're NSW, Sydney-bred), while my cousins, aunts and uncles (WA and Tassie-bred) all insisted it was pronounced zic-AE-da. It's amazing how long an argument like that can go on for.

 

[AnarchistFish]

From the US here, and I use Zee-bra. Never knew people pronounced it differently until now.

Looks like I learned something new today!

Yeah

on the other hand, everyone in the UK knows the American pronunciations cos of film and TV

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

It used to be Zee-bra but I've switched to Zeh-bra. I think it sounds cooler and is more Canadian besides. Z is pronounced Zed!

 

[Vicarious Reality]

I seem to pronounce it Sebra
Not sure if it is because i am svedish or vat

 

[Lawnmooer]

So... As a UK resident, I pronounce it in a similar fashion to the name Debra.

Put me down as another "Zeh-bra" user.

I do know about people who refer to it as "Zee-bra" but don't understand it (Especially when things that use similar spellings such as the name I referred to, are pronounced a different way)

But then again, I do get confused about various ways of pronouncing things, for example:

Americans refer to Buoys as "Boo-ees" rather than "Boys"

It's not all America hating though, I still don't understand the British pronunciation of "Lieutenant" as "Lef-tennant" I mean honestly, where's the F (Or "PH") in that word...

 

[Ryotknife]

It used to be Zee-bra but I've switched to Zeh-bra. I think it sounds cooler and is more Canadian besides. Z is pronounced Zed!

Reminds me of a stargate atlantis skit.

(skip to 2:15)


Funny enough, Stargate SG1 uses "zee" while Atlantis uses "zed." Seems like the head scientist dictates...err...dictation.