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Zee 13 35.14%
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Zed 24 64.86%
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Old 26-08-2012, 02:20 PM #1
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'cause I'm pretty sure in England it's meant to be Zed, which is how I say it.
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Zed is the proper pronunciation
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I used to always call it Zed but then I was told time and time again that I should call it Zee, so now it's Zee.

Plus Zee is a sexy forum member on here
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I used to always call it Zed but then I was told time and time again that I should call it Zee, so now it's Zee.

Plus Zee is a sexy forum member on here
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I think its both, bit like

A - ah + ay
B - buh + bee
C - cuh + cee

etc.
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I think its both, bit like

A - ah + ay
B - buh + bee
C - cuh + cee

etc.
I don't understand what you mean, so you better know yourself before you start (trying to) open your mouth to me!


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When reciting the alphabet, zed, but say zee sometimes too..
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I was taught to pronounce as "zed". When talking proper English loike.
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I think its definitely "ZED"
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I don't understand what you mean, so you better know yourself before you start (trying to) open your mouth to me!
He means, they're both correct for different words, i.e. C:
cutlery
cat

One is cuh & other c is cah
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'cause I'm pretty sure in England it's meant to be Zed, which is how I say it.
I say zee,but some family members are American so I guess that is where it comes from.
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I think I say Zee but it just depends.
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I always say it as zee
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Shocked at how many people say zee.. Americans say zee and people in the UK say zed, there's no two ways about it
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Zed's a rapist in Pulp Fiction.
Zee's a Scottish TiBBer who came to my birthday.

I know which one I prefer
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why do you keep saying TiBB

its TIBB the I is capital
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no it isn't, "is" isn't a proper noun or the start of a sentence
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yeah well what does mollie know she's not even english the french mess
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well you know what shaun

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