Posted 13 May 2016 - 10:07 AM
Before attending school, I learned the pronunciation of the letters H and Z to be "aitch" and "zee", respectively. While the former is commonplace in my neck of the woods, the latter is often perceived as incredibly American, with the pronunciation "zed" being the standard.
Attending a Catholic school, however, I was introduced to the alternative pronunciation of H: "haitch". While attending school, therefore, I found my use of "aitch" and "zee" declining in favor of the pronunciations preferred by my teachers and peers. When I began attending a public high school, however, my use reverted to what felt to me to be the more natural "aitch". For some reason, however, "zed" stuck with me, and today, I rarely ever catch myself using the pronunciation I first learned.
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Posted 13 May 2016 - 10:16 AM
I only pronounce it haitch if I'm trying to irritate someone. Zed is a thing you shoot in the head during apocalyptic viral outbreak scenarios.
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Posted 13 May 2016 - 11:17 AM
One of the big classic rock stations in Boston is WZLX. In the '90s Paul McCartney did a series of promos for them in which he pronounced it "Double-u ZED ell ex."
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Posted 13 May 2016 - 12:30 PM
One of the big classic rock stations in Boston is WZLX. In the '90s Paul McCartney did a series of promos for them in which he pronounced it "Double-u ZED ell ex."
I guess when Paul McCartney Brit-pronounces your business name, you just roll with it.
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Posted 13 May 2016 - 01:01 PM
He kind of played it up, emphasizing the ZED.
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Posted 13 May 2016 - 01:20 PM
I thought that was a common thing for radio stations to do.
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Posted 13 May 2016 - 06:48 PM
I hate when people say double-u, it's dubba-u
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Posted 13 May 2016 - 07:31 PM
I hate when people say double-u, it's dubba-u
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Posted 13 May 2016 - 10:14 PM
Hotel and Zulu.
Also, it's dubya.
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Posted 14 May 2016 - 05:05 AM
See, I speak the Queen's english, and it's haitch, zed, and double-u.
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Posted 15 May 2016 - 11:41 AM
I say double-u. Because that's what it is . "Dubya" refers to the former president.
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Posted 15 May 2016 - 11:50 AM
Ha zet
Because you know why.
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Posted 15 May 2016 - 12:53 PM
I say double-u. Because that's what it is . "Dubya" refers to the former president.
I was originally going to make the poll just for H, but tacked Z on as the other letter I thought there'd be disagreement on. It never occurred to me in my wildest imagination that anyone actually, legitimately pronounced W any other way.
Ha zet Because you know why.
I was going to add an option for non-English speakers, but I figured it would just crowd the poll.
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Posted 15 May 2016 - 01:34 PM
Still own my very first fountain pen.
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Posted 15 May 2016 - 01:38 PM
Still own my very first fountain pen.
Oh God, D'Nealian, you poor soul. Palmer FTW.
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Posted 15 May 2016 - 02:09 PM
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Posted 15 May 2016 - 02:11 PM
I know, I know, I got shafted with it, too. Still, I suppose it's a right sight better than the current approach to teaching children cursive, which is, 'Don't.'
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Posted 15 May 2016 - 02:26 PM
I know, I know, I got shafted with it, too.
Still, I suppose it's a right sight better than the current approach to teaching children cursive, which is, 'Don't.'
Lets make it:
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Posted 16 May 2016 - 08:08 AM
I say double-u. Because that's what it is . "Dubya" refers to the former president.
I was originally going to make the poll just for H, but tacked Z on as the other letter I thought there'd be disagreement on. It never occurred to me in my wildest imagination that anyone actually, legitimately pronounced W any other way.
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Posted 16 May 2016 - 08:10 AM
I say double-u. Because that's what it is . "Dubya" refers to the former president.
I was originally going to make the poll just for H, but tacked Z on as the other letter I thought there'd be disagreement on. It never occurred to me in my wildest imagination that anyone actually, legitimately pronounced W any other way.
Disclaimer: Double-post because of stupid broken quote shit and had to do a double post to respond properly.
You don't know Jersey dialect then. Double-You sounds fucking ridiculous and it takes extra time to say it. And it's not Dubya, it's Dubba-You.
edit: and it still wasn't a proper response as I quoted myself, wtf
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