Topic: Zee VS Zed
Anonymous A started this discussion 10 years ago #50,899
This is the only letter we disagree on.
| Poll option | Votes | Percentage | Graph |
|---|---|---|---|
| Z = Zee | 4 | 50% | |
| Z = Zed | 4 | 50% |
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 1 minute later[^] [v] #660,506
The correct term is Z*, psychotic troll.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 18 minutes later, 20 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #660,518
Here is a list of letters that end in "ee", not counting z:
B C D E G P T V
Here is a list of letters that end in "ed", not counting z:
Gee that was easy. It's zee.
B C D E G P T V
Here is a list of letters that end in "ed", not counting z:
Gee that was easy. It's zee.
FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 3 minutes later, 23 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #660,522
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 4 minutes later, 28 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #660,526
Zee is the American way of saying the letter z. Zed is the British way. Neither is right or wrong, and nobody is ignorant for pronouncing z the way they do.
Nor does it either account for regional dialects. California vs Knoxville Tn or Cockney vs Geordie in the UK.
Nor does it either account for regional dialects. California vs Knoxville Tn or Cockney vs Geordie in the UK.
Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 2 minutes later, 30 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #660,529
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@660,529 (Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo)
Nonsense. Even in France where they have laws about the French language. Those laws only apply in special circumstances.
I am probably the very least qualified person here on language rules. I am however one of the most qualified on how proper it is to spell or pronounce something differently.
Squeegee and Metæ who live in Texas, may have a southern drawl which produces a different pronunciation of Z as compared to becky's mid west Z
Nonsense. Even in France where they have laws about the French language. Those laws only apply in special circumstances.
I am probably the very least qualified person here on language rules. I am however one of the most qualified on how proper it is to spell or pronounce something differently.
Squeegee and Metæ who live in Texas, may have a southern drawl which produces a different pronunciation of Z as compared to becky's mid west Z
Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo replied with this 10 years ago, 2 minutes later, 40 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #660,541
@previous (E)
It is never proper to spell anything differently. For this reason, we have dictionaries.
It is never proper to spell anything differently. For this reason, we have dictionaries.
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 7 minutes later, 48 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #660,546
@previous (Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo)
If you live in Americua you spell Labor as Labor and Svet spells it Labour.
Canada usually follows UK spelling, depending on which province they live in.
http://www.tysto.com/uk-us-spelling-list.html
If you live in Americua you spell Labor as Labor and Svet spells it Labour.
Canada usually follows UK spelling, depending on which province they live in.
http://www.tysto.com/uk-us-spelling-list.html
Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo replied with this 10 years ago, 1 minute later, 49 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #660,547
Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 5 minutes later, 54 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #660,550
@previous (Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo)
> One of them is doing it wrong.
What brand of God made you the spelling police?
> One of them is doing it wrong.
What brand of God made you the spelling police?
Great Britain and the United States are nations separated by a common language, with uncommon differences.
-William Shakespeare
-William Shakespeare
Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 2 minutes later, 56 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #660,551
Fie, fie upon her! There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip; Nay, her foot speaks. Her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body.
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI replied with this 10 years ago, 2 minutes later, 59 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #660,553
Anonymous E replied with this 10 years ago, 9 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #660,556
@previous (FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI)
> Nay, her foot speaks
> Her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body.
I should evoke Mark Twain at this point for butt hurt OP
> Nay, her foot speaks
> Her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body.
I should evoke Mark Twain at this point for butt hurt OP
"SPELLING"
"I don't see any use in having a uniform and arbitrary way of spelling words. We might as well make all clothes alike and cook all dishes alike. Sameness is tiresome; variety is pleasing. I have a correspondent whose letters are always a refreshment to me, there is such a breezy unfettered originality about his orthography. He always spells Kow with a large K. Now that is just as good as to spell it with a small one. It is better. It gives the imagination a broader field, a wider scope. It suggests to the mind a grand, vague, impressive new kind of a cow."
"I have had an aversion to good spelling for sixty years and more, merely for the reason that when I was a boy there was not a thing I could do creditably except spell according to the book. It was a poor and mean distinction and I early learned to disenjoy it. I suppose that this is because the ability to spell correctly is a talent, not an acquirement. There is some dignity about an acquirement, because it is a product of your own labor. It is wages earned, whereas to be able to do a thing merely by the grace of God and not by your own effort transfers the distinction to our heavenly home—where possibly it is a matter of pride and satisfaction but it leaves you naked and bankrupt."
"I never had any large respect for good spelling. That is my feeling yet. Before the spelling-book came with its arbitrary forms, men unconsciously revealed shades of their characters and also added enlightening shades of expression to what they wrote by their spelling, and so it is possible that the spelling-book has been a doubtful benevolence to us."
"...ours is a mongrel language which started with a child's vocabulary of three hundred words, and now consists of two hundred and twenty-five thousand; the whole lot, with the exception of the original and legitimate three hundred, borrowed, stolen, smouched from every unwatched language under the sun, the spelling of each individual word of the lot locating the source of the theft and preserving the memory of the revered crime."
"I don't see any use in having a uniform and arbitrary way of spelling words. We might as well make all clothes alike and cook all dishes alike. Sameness is tiresome; variety is pleasing. I have a correspondent whose letters are always a refreshment to me, there is such a breezy unfettered originality about his orthography. He always spells Kow with a large K. Now that is just as good as to spell it with a small one. It is better. It gives the imagination a broader field, a wider scope. It suggests to the mind a grand, vague, impressive new kind of a cow."
"I have had an aversion to good spelling for sixty years and more, merely for the reason that when I was a boy there was not a thing I could do creditably except spell according to the book. It was a poor and mean distinction and I early learned to disenjoy it. I suppose that this is because the ability to spell correctly is a talent, not an acquirement. There is some dignity about an acquirement, because it is a product of your own labor. It is wages earned, whereas to be able to do a thing merely by the grace of God and not by your own effort transfers the distinction to our heavenly home—where possibly it is a matter of pride and satisfaction but it leaves you naked and bankrupt."
"I never had any large respect for good spelling. That is my feeling yet. Before the spelling-book came with its arbitrary forms, men unconsciously revealed shades of their characters and also added enlightening shades of expression to what they wrote by their spelling, and so it is possible that the spelling-book has been a doubtful benevolence to us."
"...ours is a mongrel language which started with a child's vocabulary of three hundred words, and now consists of two hundred and twenty-five thousand; the whole lot, with the exception of the original and legitimate three hundred, borrowed, stolen, smouched from every unwatched language under the sun, the spelling of each individual word of the lot locating the source of the theft and preserving the memory of the revered crime."
Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo replied with this 10 years ago, 5 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #660,561
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"ow my balls" -- William Shakespeare
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Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 8 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #660,599
Zee, faggot; zoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom --------------------------------------->
Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 28 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #660,604
Zed's dead baby, Zed's dead.
Anonymous O joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 3 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #660,605
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@660,518 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
Woah. This is such a persuasive argument.
In your honour, I didn't read the rest of the thread.
Woah. This is such a persuasive argument.
In your honour, I didn't read the rest of the thread.
RWBY Rhubarb? !!iNo3FkiZx joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 3 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #660,642
> it's a American English vs British English pronunciation thread
It's all meaningless bullshit anyway. The Cornish accent has perfected the pronunciation of the English language, and should be considered the gold standard to follow on these matters.
It's all meaningless bullshit anyway. The Cornish accent has perfected the pronunciation of the English language, and should be considered the gold standard to follow on these matters.