... same goes for Calgary ...
it's Cal-gree and not Cal-gair-ree
... same goes for Calgary ...Isn't it fair to say that many Canadians pronounce Newfoundland incorrectly?
while you guys figure that " Z " out, someone tell me what is the next character ? is it a O ( oh ) or a 0 ( zero ) ? the way I see you all spell it differently so do you say Zed Zero Six, or Zee Zero Six, or Zee Oh Six or Zed Oh Six ? I'm confused as I only have 1/2 my grade 12 ( grade 6 ). ............. ........
I can not Z straight anymore with all this twisting and turning terminology.Damn this is getting complicated.
Pound foot is the correct way of expressing because it more accurately describes the action but foot-pound is still widely used...Zees is very confuzing. Fitty centz has a Zee fitty one. What about " 500 lbs feet of torque" or 500 foot lbs of torque? Which is correct?
I zed it was ok !...From the GRAMMARIST Website
"The zed pronunciation is older, and it more closely resembles the Greek letter, zeta, from which the English letter is derived. And zed is closer to other languages’ spelling and pronunciation of the letter; for instance, the French say zède, German speakers say zet, and Spanish speakers say zeta. These are points in zed‘s favor. "
That being said...
"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. "
For me, it is still a zed.
I like the fact that once you graduate high school, the rules change and you can spell neighbor and center,etc, either of two ways and walk away with it being acceptable in Canada.For me it has to be 'Zed' but I am with Jeremiad on - neighbours, colour, favour, humour etc. The 'u' is stupid. I never write it that way either.
Funny, because I always use the alphabet song as my argument why Zed is wrong. You'll note the rhyming pattern...abcdef..Gee...hijklmno..Pee...qrstu...Vee....wxy.. Zee..... Zed simply doesn't rhyme and the song is taught that way in both countries. More importantly and specific to this issue, it's an American car, and it's pronounced Zee by the people who created the car. My daughter's name is Arielle and we always correct people when they pronounce it like the little mermaid Ariel. No, it's pronounced Air....eee...ell. The name should be pronounced as the creater intended. Zee.Finally a definitive answer to this question. My two year old grand daughter was singing the Alphabet Song yesterday .....Q R S T U V W X Y ZED. There you have it.
I think it is "foot" pounds and wonder if it is actually a mechanical engineering term. Now if we had an engineer on here maybe he could chime in (Eric who drove a train for CN I am sure can clarify).
I had to Google 'practise'. Thanks for the review of my Grade 5 English. I had forgotten that word. Now I am trying to remember where I might have used practice instead of practise in the last 5 decades.I like the fact that once you graduate high school, the rules change and you can spell neighbor and center,etc, either of two ways and walk away with it being acceptable in Canada.
I always liked helping my daughter practise for a spelling test and ask her to spell “too”.
She said “can I get that in a sentence please” ? I responded “OK, Two people went to buy a Corvette and found it hard to choose because there was too many choices”
Don't have a Z06 but I did own a Datsun 280Z (Zed) many years ago. Never heard anyone here call it, or the Vettes a Zee...
I use zed oh six, just like zed 71 truck package or zed 51 for the vettes. That is proper English. We often say oh for zero in other instances so I’ll stick with it. Good question though. The younger folk I think tend to Americanize the language.I couldn't find this question previously asked so if it has been posted I'll apologize in advance.
Recognizing that Canadians pronounce the letter "Z" as Zed and Americans pronounce it as Zee, is that carried over in the the way we announciate a "Corvette Z06"?
When I mentioned to my American cousin that I ordered a ("Zed") Z06 he corrected me and said it's a ("Zee") Z06.
Any comments from fellow Canadian Z06 owners?
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Funny. My generation (20 in the 80’s) said 240zed, 280zed, etc. I agree zed28 sounds better.I find it interesting to read the differences we have with regard to how we announciate a cars name or model. For me the Camaro Z28 was always (Zed) which I will add has a more muscular sounding resonance than simply Zee!
As well Datsun 240Z and its' future generations were always Zee.