There are several words that change pronunciation depending on prefix, suffix, or conjugation. Embarrassingly, I can't think of any examples, though there's one on the tip of my tongue.
ZEE PEE EM or ZED PEE EM
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There are several words that change pronunciation depending on prefix, suffix, or conjugation. Embarrassingly, I can't think of any examples, though there's one on the tip of my tongue.
ZED PEE EM
We don't say Zee-ro, we say Zear-o.
To be fair, I don't have a glass of double-yoo-ater either.
Of course, it probably should be double-v instead of double-u anyway...
U and V used to be the same letter, so from an historical point of view double U makes sense.
My sentiments exactly.
But zed doesn't bother me nearly as much as the "shedule" ARGH!!!!
They have totally different pronunciations for most or all the letters. Let's see if I can remember my French alphabet: "ah bey say day ehh eff schay och ee schee kay el em en oh pay kew err ess tay oo vay double-u eeks ee et zay"...)
How close did I get, frog-speakers?
Fucking furriners.
Erm no, try it without the 'and'. W, X, Y, Z. Now I know my A-B-C, won't you come and sing with me?
We learnt it fine that way when I was a toddler.
You change the sound of every letter when it's by itself. Very few consonants say their name when actually used in words Can you think of a word where B actually says 'Bee' in it's own right, independent of other letters forming the phonic? or one where 'S' actually says 'ess'? The reason 'zero' starts with something approximating the 'zee' pronunciation of 'Z' is because it's 'ze' not because it's just 'z'. 'Zoo' is a similar Z-vowel formation and doesn't sound like 'zee'. The sound 'z' makes is very similar everywhere in the English speaking world - actually it's one of the most consistent consonant sounds across accents, we've just named the letter something different.
Who says that?
My sentiments exactly.
But zed doesn't bother me nearly as much as the "shedule" ARGH!!!!
They have totally different pronunciations for most or all the letters. Let's see if I can remember my French alphabet: "ah bey say day ehh eff schay och ee schee kay el em en oh pay kew err ess tay oo vay double-u eeks ee et zay"...)
How close did I get, frog-speakers?
Fucking furriners.
W is pronounced more like doo-blah-veh, and Y more like ee-grek - though I don't claim to have been quite up to IPA standards without the help of Wikipedia, sadly.
Thanks for the warm consideration for la francophonie, though - I'm sure if I were a native French speaker, as opposed to an anglophone Irishman, I'd appreciate it all the more.
Zed.
And it looks like the zeds are winning, HA! In the rest of your faces!
Lunacy? Try thinking about it.
zero = word = ZEE-ROE
Z = letter = ZED
There's a difference between a word and a letter.
And it looks like the zeds are winning, HA! In the rest of your faces!
Lunacy? Try thinking about it.
zero = word = ZEE-ROE
Z = letter = ZED
There's a difference between a word and a letter.
Being a Brit (Scots to be specific) I'd generally be expected to say Zed instead of Zee but as I generally don't like using the Zed pronunciation I try to use Zee anytime I find a need for including the letter in anything so I would always say Zee PM. I'd only ever use Zed if I didn't want anyone to give me a wierd look anytime I said Zee or incase it gets misheard as a C.
To me the way I prefer to pronounce certain words and letters is because of the amount of American TV we get over here. It's wonder that because of all the US broadcasting we get I'm surprised that we're not speaking like that by now, especially any American childrens programs, eg Sesame Street if it were still showing.
To me the way I prefer to pronounce certain words and letters is because of the amount of American TV we get over here. It's wonder that because of all the US broadcasting we get I'm surprised that we're not speaking like that by now, especially any American childrens programs, eg Sesame Street if it were still showing.
Are you saying there's no Haitch in Aitch?
But we get told off in English lessons for dropping Haitches...
Ah, so that's why the voice on your website pronounces it like that.
You know, hearing that on your website's main page was the first time I ever heard the word "continuity" spoken aloud, so naturally I thought that was the way it was pronounced, until I heard it pronounced the 'correct way'.
What about the way we pronounce Menzies?
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