Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
is it spelled 350Z or 350ZED?
Originally posted by: DarkKnight69
Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
is it spelled 350Z or 350ZED?
But we pronounce z as zed...
In almost all dialects of English other than American English, the letter is named zed (IPA /z?d/}, reflecting its derivation from the Greek zeta (see below). Other European languages use a similar form, e.g. the French zède, German tset, Spanish, Catalan and Italian zeta, Portuguese zê and Dutch zet. The American English form zee /zi?/ derives from an English late 17th-century dialectal form, now obsolete in England (the letter rhymes with "V" in the "Alphabet song" nursery rhyme). Another English dialectal form is izzard, which dates from the mid 18th-century, probably deriving from French et zède meaning and z, or else from s hard.
Originally posted by: DarkKnight69
In almost all dialects of English other than American English, the letter is named zed (IPA /z?d/}, reflecting its derivation from the Greek zeta (see below). Other European languages use a similar form, e.g. the French zède, German tset, Spanish, Catalan and Italian zeta, Portuguese zê and Dutch zet. The American English form zee /zi?/ derives from an English late 17th-century dialectal form, now obsolete in England (the letter rhymes with "V" in the "Alphabet song" nursery rhyme). Another English dialectal form is izzard, which dates from the mid 18th-century, probably deriving from French et zède meaning and z, or else from s hard.
From Wikipedia. America is only one to pronounce it 'zee'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z
Originally posted by: DarkKnight69
Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
is it spelled 350Z or 350ZED?
But we pronounce z as zed...
Originally posted by: crownjules
Some ignorant Americans in this thread. I always thought it was odd when I went home to England and my aunt called her car a Zed-3 (BMW Z3), but that's how the rest of the english speaking world says that letter.
So to answer the original question, it depends on where you are from. Americans say ZEE, all other english speakers (mostly) say ZED.
Originally posted by: DarkKnight69
In almost all dialects of English other than American English, the letter is named zed (IPA /z?d/}, reflecting its derivation from the Greek zeta (see below). Other European languages use a similar form, e.g. the French zède, German tset, Spanish, Catalan and Italian zeta, Portuguese zê and Dutch zet. The American English form zee /zi?/ derives from an English late 17th-century dialectal form, now obsolete in England (the letter rhymes with "V" in the "Alphabet song" nursery rhyme). Another English dialectal form is izzard, which dates from the mid 18th-century, probably deriving from French et zède meaning and z, or else from s hard.
From Wikipedia. America is only one to pronounce it 'zee'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z