Why Do Americans Pronounce it 'Zee'? | #shorts

[betterlatethannever]

“Why do Americans?”
Because of the British.

[PuffyCloud_aka_puffeclaude]

It'll go over like a Zed Leppelin.

[MichaelScheele]

Plus, Zed Zed Top makes a lousy band name.

[arcticbanana]

"A, B, C, D, E, F, Jed,
H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, Ped,
Q, R, S, T, U, Ved,
W, X, Y, and Zed.
Now I've sung my ABSeds,
next time won't you sing with med."

[paraglidingprospector]

Your graphics department really went all-out with that Z.

[tnt-boom]

I have come to the conclusion if Britain and America have a language difference.
You can usually trace the American version back to Britain.

[pionosphere]

British person: "Zed"
Me: "How very French of you."

[ThurstonCyclist]

In American pronunciation, every letter either begins or ends with a vowel sound. In standard British English, A through Y begin or end with a vowel sound, and Zed does neither.

[apocalypticpioneers]

Oh wow, so this is one of the rare cases where we actually diverged on our own

[TheJestersDoor]

As Americans, we decided it wasn't good enough to only drop your tea in the harbor, so we dropped the D as well☺️

[thetomahawk]

It’s hilarious how Brits pronounce Z as Zed and Zeta as Zee-ta but Americans pronounce Z as Zee and Zeta as Zeh-ta

[dunkbuscusgaming]

I'm Australian and officially were supposed to pronounce it as Zed too but to me Zed is someone's name and Zee is the letter.

[humanperson]

Why is something weird in English? Blame the French.
Why something weird in American English? Blame Daniel Webster 😆

[jenniferhanses]

You're actually missing a huge piece in the story of Z.

Zee is pronounced as such in England, specifically the West County area. Or at least it used to be.

And most American colonists were from the West Counties area. So they took their regional pronunciation with them.

The ABC song, though, is why it is completely stuck throughout the whole of the US.

Anyway, chalk up another one on the Americans do it the way they do because that's how people in the UK used to do it until they decided it wasn't posh enough board.

[kennethnaughton]

Dang, never knew the Alphabet Song was a diss track

[SSgreen]

Love the pencil on folded paper towel. Very professional 😂😂

[morefiction]

Webster. Explains many differences between American and British English.

[jollygoodfellow]

I'm not calling it Dragon Ball Zed, fight me.

[douglasstrother]

Next up: "Math" versus "Maths".

[melodicgrog]

Now I’m thinking of Brit’s ordering pizedzeda