Poll: Zed or Zee?

[The DSM]

Zed on its own.

I use it diffrently depending which words its in.

 

[nick n stuff]

zed. i just think the 'd' ends it better

 

[Daveman]

I say Zee, I think it's from Sesame Street teaching me the alphabet.

 

[Varun Garuda Maharaj]

Zed is french

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Being Canadian, I pronounce it 'zed'.

 

[soren7550]

It's 'zee', just like it's pronounced 'ah-bout' and not 'a-boot'. (at least that's what I think)

I say Zee because it's the American way!

Spoiler: Terrorists.... your game is through...

But I really should start saying Zed. Ever since Gaz said LZed I always thought it sounded cool.

I do however agree with this. (I'd only say L-Zed to annoy my brothers. They hate it when I say 'bugger off', 'bloody hell' and etc.)

 

[TehCookie]

Zed makes me think of D more than Z. I'll stick with zee it's more phonetic, even though I know most other letters aren't. If I said zed my simple brain would make me call zebras zedbras.

 

[chstens]

In English I use both, mostly zee. In my native tounge, I say "set" like every other Norwegian.

 

[GuerrillaClock]

Are you going to argue with Lord Zed? I think not!

 

[commasplice]

I wasn't even aware that "zee" was a pronunciation unique to the US until just now.

Spoiler: Also, this

The only thing even remotely decent about that show...

Fun fact: My ex-girlfriend is nicknamed "Zee." Thanks for bringing up terrible memories, yo.

 

[AstylahAthrys]

Wait... zed? I have never head this before. That's how you're supposed to say it? What?

Damn the American school system, DAMN IT. It lied to me for all these years.

 

[FolkLikePanda]

Like most of us from 'Merica, I say "zee".

I'm from the Midlands and I say Zed

 

[The Pink Pansy]

The letter is pronounced Zed.

Zee came about because Zed didn't fit the rhyme scheme of the Alphabet song.

 

[WaywardHaymaker]

I'm American, so I say, 'Zee.' Usually.

Occasionally, I'll spend too much time watching Top Gear and I'll start letting 'Zeds' and 'Coo-PAYS' slip. Then whoever I'm talking to gives me a look and I need to explain myself and it's awkward.

 

[sunburst]

Don't want to be a Canadian idiot
Don't want to be some beer swillin' hockey nut
And do I look like some frostbitten hosehead?
I never learned my alphabet from A to Zed

We should all compromise and pronounce it "izzard" so we're all equally uncomfortable (except the weirdos who actual say it like that). Seriously though, since I grew up around both "zee" and "zed", I can say with absolutely no bias whatsoever that "zee" is superior because "zed" has two different consonant sounds in it and that greatly annoys me for some reason. We should also pronounce the letters H as "hay" and W as "woo!" (exclamation mandatory) to stay consistent. The alphabet really needs a metric-style reboot.