ZED not ZEE...
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To me - between 6:00 and 8:00 means something can or will happen between those hours. From 6:00 - 8:00 means you or me or whomever are invited to attend (or an event is happening) during the 2 hour period from 6:00 - 8:00.
No Jack. Illiterate is not knowing how to read or write. This is Canada. We know how to spell ZED. Apparently you do not. Now who is calling who an illiterate!
"What is a logical explanation for getting worked up about it?"
It is NOT I who is worked up about the pronunciation of the last letter of the ALPHABET.
It is the small-minded Monarchy-worshippers who stick to anything British, regardless how stupid or illogical it is.
It is NOT I who is worked up about the pronunciation of the last letter of the ALPHABET.
It is the small-minded Monarchy-worshippers who stick to anything British, regardless how stupid or illogical it is.
Why would it be illogical to pronounce the letter Z the way it was intended? The language is English. English comes from England where they pronounce it right. Isn't it uncomfortable to stand there with your head where it is Jack?
"Why would it be illogical to pronounce the letter Z the way it was intended? The language is English. English comes from England where they pronounce it right. Isn't it uncomfortable to stand there with your head where it is Jack? "
If "Z"is zed, why "B" isn't bed? Or "C" isn't ced? Or "G" isn't ged?
Better still, and I still have to hear a logical explanation: WHY is "Z" zed?
If "Z"is zed, why "B" isn't bed? Or "C" isn't ced? Or "G" isn't ged?
Better still, and I still have to hear a logical explanation: WHY is "Z" zed?
Why is it "double ewe" instead of the doubled "vee" it looks like. En francais, c'est correct. My Grampa said American is just Brits who get paid too much and can't spell....
The people who developed the language pronounced it the way it is. It doesn't have to be logical. Your reasoning is simplistic and childish.
In Latin, the letter V was pronounced like a W in English. So when Caesar (pronounced Kaiser) "Came, Saw, and Conquered" he said, "Waynee, Weedy, Weeky!" Sort of disappointing, isn't it?"
In many dialects of English, the letter's name is zed, pronounced /ˈzɛd/, reflecting its derivation from the Greek zeta (see below). In American English, its name is zee /ˈziː/, deriving from a late 17th century English dialectal form.[1] Another English dialectal form is izzard /ˈɪzərd/, which dates from the mid-18th century and probably derives from Occitan izèda (literally translating as "i zed") or the French et zède "and z".[2] 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, zæt in Danish, zäta in Swedish, zeta in Italian and in Spanish, and zê in Portuguese.