Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo started this discussion 10 years ago#48,933
Since, as any schoolboy can tell you, in USAmerican English, "zed" becomes "zee", should not also "analyzed" be pronounced as "analyzee", "burglarized" as "burglarizee" and "energized" as "energizee"? Shall we rectify this simplified "English simplification" simplicity-inculcation?
Sophie !MLHqI35Srs joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 2 minutes later[^][v]#637,740
Except this pronounciation only occurs within individual phonemes (or really only one instance thereof; the letter in isolation), you fruit. It's not a literal transformation of the diaphong -ed which remains irrespective.
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Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo (OP) replied with this 10 years ago, 1 minute later, 4 minutes after the original post[^][v]#637,741
@previous (Sophie !MLHqI35Srs)
If you do not, in fact, for instance, pronounce "energized" as "energized", then I genuinely pity you. Thanks.
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FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 16 minutes later, 20 minutes after the original post[^][v]#637,749
@previous (Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo)
With all that pity you harbor, you'd think you'd've fallen into despair and committed suicide by now...
Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo (OP) replied with this 10 years ago, 1 minute later, 21 minutes after the original post[^][v]#637,750
@previous (FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI)
It can feel like a burden at times, but, however, it is, in fact, a burden which I accept willingly.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 2 hours later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#637,764
op is a try-hard
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 9 hours later, 11 hours after the original post[^][v]#637,837
Why is OP a faggot?
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 2 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^][v]#637,838
Will someone explain to me why X is often used to replace Z.
Why oh why is Xeon which is pronounced with a Z. Why not just spell it Zeon?
Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo (OP) replied with this 10 years ago, 1 hour later, 12 hours after the original post[^][v]#637,851
@637,764 (D)
How much effort, may I ask, do you put into all the dozens per day quality topics that you post?
Triptych !!/xkPL9myM joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 27 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^][v]#637,857
@637,838 (F)
Most of those words are derived from Greek; ex Xeon would be pronounced Ksee-on. That's infamiliar in English so it's replaced by Z.
Sophie !MLHqI35Srs replied with this 10 years ago, 23 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^][v]#637,863
@previous (Triptych !!/xkPL9myM)
Isn't x->z a Romantic-group import?
Triptych !!/xkPL9myM replied with this 10 years ago, 9 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^][v]#637,865
@previous (Sophie !MLHqI35Srs)
That would make sense. I'm not sure when or where the switch from x to z occurred, just the origin of the spelling.
Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 2 months later, 2 months after the original post[^][v]#660,507
@637,838 (F)
It's a linguistic inconstency. Shall we rectify it?