Question for Canadians - do you say "zi" or "zed"? (piefed.social)

submitted 1 week ago by unknowablenight@piefed.social to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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All of the Canadian youtubers that I watch pronounce the letter z as "zi", as is done in the United States. However, I have read online that it is more common for Canadians to pronounce it as "zed", as is done in the United Kingdom. Is this a regional thing? How do you pronounce the letter z?

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[-] BinzyBoi@piefed.ca 19 points 1 week ago

I have to catch myself to not say "Dragon Ball Zed".

[-] phanto@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Wait... It's not?

[-] zikzak025@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Technically it is. The Japanese pronunciation would say "Zetto" as a close approximation of "Zed".

But the English dub was done for a US audience (despite the fact that the original English dub was recorded in Canada), so they deferred to the American pronunciation of Z.

[-] torik@lemmychan.org 1 points 6 days ago

despite the fact that the original English dub was recorded in Canada

TIL

[-] GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 5 points 1 week ago

This could also be the reason Canadian YouTubers would say zee - why alienate 90% of your market, and Canadians are still used to hearing it from American media.