Dumb Question

[manny1973]

I see the following used alot. ZED What does ZED stand for??

[doradox]

I see the following used alot. ZED What does ZED stand for??

In some other parts of the world the letter Z is pronounced Zed.

Steve

[geezer]

In some other parts of the world the letter Z is pronounced Zed.

Steve

I would venture that in most of the world Zed is the predominant pronounciation, although here in Canada Zee is gaining popularity. As far as I know it is only the USA that uses Zee in place of Zed.

Edited January 7, 2009 by geezer

[sblake01]

I grew up in the US listening to my grandfather and grandmother and even ocaisionally my dad using the term 'zed' while they were teaching us 'z' in school. They're from Guyana (formelrly known as British Guiana) South America.

[Bruce Palmer]

Had an algebra teacher in Idaho that did the ZED thing. I'm sure she picked up as a child on Mars. Man was she weird!!

[doradox]

I would venture that in most of the world Zed is the predominant pronounciation, although here in Canada Zee is gaining popularity. As far as I know it is only the USA that uses Zee in place of Zed.

Yes, that's quite likely. The thing I find funny is people write out Zed, which is how they would pronounce the letter Z but I've never seen it done for Zee.

Steve

[geezer]

Had an algebra teacher in Idaho that did the ZED thing. I'm sure she picked up as a child on Mars. Man was she weird!!

HAHA! How many fingers and toes did she have? Hope that didn't cause you trouble doin' yer cipherin...ROFLROFLROFLROFL

[manny1973]

Thanks to all. I should have known that being German. Now I know.

[doradox]

Some other interesting info on "Z".

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In many dialects of English, the letter's name is zed (pronounced /zɛd/), reflecting its derivation from the Greek zeta (see below). In American English dialects, its name is zee /ziː/, deriving from a late 17th-century English dialectal form. Another English dialectal form is izzard /ˈɪzɚd/, which dates from the mid-18th century and probably derives from the French et zède "and z".[1] This is the predominant form in anglophone South Asia.[citation needed]

Other Indo-European languages pronounce the letter's name in a similar fashion, such as zet in Dutch, German, Romanian and Czech, zède in French, zäta in Swedish, zeta in Italian and Spanish, and zê in Portuguese.

In Chinese (Mandarin) pinyin the name of the letter Z is pronounced [tsɛ].

In the Philippines, it is quite common to hear people pronounce the name of the letter Z as "zay" rhyming with "say".

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Steve

[mally002]

So in the US when you say "ZED" or in the case of "Zedd Findings" are you pronouncing it as like rhyming with "feed" , or rhyming with "Ed".....does that make sense?

[26th-Z]

Rhyming with Ed, but also be aware that the sound of Z is different in other parts of the world as well. Z can be pronounced as we would say "ts" like in cats. So ZED would be pronounced Tset.

[Bruce Palmer]

Waaaaay more than I ever wanted to know. Know 'ut I mean Vern?