Archaeology cat Posted November 10, 2009 Posted November 10, 2009 Depends on my mood and who I'm with. In the US I pretty much just say "zee", here it varies.
Era Might Posted November 10, 2009 Posted November 10, 2009 This thread is like an unintelligible comedy sketch from a really unfunny comedy sketch show.
Thy Geekdom Come Posted November 10, 2009 Posted November 10, 2009 [quote name='Era Might' date='10 November 2009 - 09:19 AM' timestamp='1257862756' post='1999451'] This thread is like an unintelligible comedy sketch from a really unfunny comedy sketch show. [/quote] MadTV?
Slappo Posted November 10, 2009 Posted November 10, 2009 I didn't even know there were people that didn't pronounce it zee.... you zed's are wierdo's!
Marie-Therese Posted November 10, 2009 Posted November 10, 2009 Zee. Unfortunately when I hear Zed it brings back flashbacks from Pulp Fiction, which I would rather not revisit.
Varg Posted November 10, 2009 Posted November 10, 2009 "Zee" is just wrong, like spelling "colour" without a "U" is just wrong. How do Canadians spell "colour", out of interest?
Nihil Obstat Posted November 10, 2009 Posted November 10, 2009 [quote name='Varg' date='10 November 2009 - 11:14 AM' timestamp='1257873242' post='1999534'] "Zee" is just wrong, like spelling "colour" without a "U" is just wrong. How do Canadians spell "colour", out of interest? [/quote] Colour is spelled properly in Canada.
Nihil Obstat Posted November 11, 2009 Posted November 11, 2009 [quote name='Christie_M' date='10 November 2009 - 10:06 PM' timestamp='1257912401' post='2000189'] and cheque? [/quote] That's one of my personal favourites.
Veridicus Posted November 11, 2009 Posted November 11, 2009 [quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='10 November 2009 - 12:30 PM' timestamp='1257874207' post='1999548'] Colour is spelled properly in Canada. [/quote] Silly Canadians. My Gross Anatomy prof last year (my first year of med school) was from Nova Scotia...always interessting pronounciations. It's the little things that make me chuckle...at Canadians. I must really sound like a giant hick next to your Queen's English...
Veridicus Posted November 11, 2009 Posted November 11, 2009 "You just gotta tear that straight oota the body. The organ you're looking for is somewheres in there. Here, take the probe and shove it in and when you hear the crunch, that's aboot how far you need to go." (All mispellings intentional) Good Ol Dale Saxon. Want to hear a suprise? He was a HOCKEY FAN. No joke.
Sojourner Posted November 11, 2009 Posted November 11, 2009 Zee color check honor Like everything else, we Americans took the original and improved on it, making it more efficient and user-friendly.
Nihil Obstat Posted November 11, 2009 Posted November 11, 2009 [quote name='Terra Firma' date='11 November 2009 - 11:48 AM' timestamp='1257961685' post='2000708'] Zee color check honor Like everything else, we Americans took the original and improved on it, making it more efficient and user-friendly. [/quote] Nuh uh. You dumbed it down. Typical.
Varg Posted November 11, 2009 Posted November 11, 2009 [quote name='Terra Firma' date='11 November 2009 - 12:48 PM' timestamp='1257961685' post='2000708'] Like everything else, we Americans took the original and improved on it [/quote]Tell that to the makers of The Wicker Man
Thy Geekdom Come Posted November 12, 2009 Posted November 12, 2009 [quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='11 November 2009 - 01:23 PM' timestamp='1257963788' post='2000730'] Nuh uh. You dumbed it down. Typical. [/quote] No, we honor the Latin spelling tradition instead of the Gallican spelling tradition. You know, the noble pagans who converted to Christianity, rather than the sans "honour" Frenchies who put a French cabaret dancer on the altar of Notre Dame cathedral and worshipped her as the goddess of reason (because that just sounds SO reasonable)...only after releasing the inventor of Sadism from the Bastille, of course...
brightsadness Posted November 12, 2009 Posted November 12, 2009 Zee. But out here in the pacific northwest I have noticed some zeds. I think they are Canadians. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif[/img]
Nihil Obstat Posted November 12, 2009 Posted November 12, 2009 [quote name='Raphael' date='12 November 2009 - 09:38 AM' timestamp='1258040281' post='2001287'] No, we honor the Latin spelling tradition instead of the Gallican spelling tradition. You know, the noble pagans who converted to Christianity, rather than the sans "honour" Frenchies who put a French cabaret dancer on the altar of Notre Dame cathedral and worshipped her as the goddess of reason (because that just sounds SO reasonable)...only after releasing the inventor of Sadism from the Bastille, of course... [/quote] All right, you win this one, but our spellings are still better.
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