> It has come to my attention that in Britain the letter Z is pronounced "zed" (or maybe it was "zet"), whereas in America it's pronounced "zee." This raises the question of the alphabet song.
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> Ay, bee, cee, dee, ee, eff, gee / aitch, i, jay, kay, ell em en oh pee / que, arr, ess, tee, yue, vee / double-yue, ex, why and . . . zed.
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> That doesn't rhyme! It doesn't work! How do British people sing the ABC's if V and Z don't rhyme? Do they pronounce V "ved" to compensate? Do they - I'm hoping for the sake of all humanity that this is not the answer - not have the alphabet song? This is mauling my mind, beating my brain, goring my gray matter. If any of you British-ites out there have any insights they would be greatly appreciated.
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> -eric "And what about New Zealand and Australia? And South Africa? And Jamaica? How do they pronounce 'Z?'" sleator
> Tue 12 Dec A.D. 2000

New Zealanders pronounce it "Zed". We sing the alphabet song, if we feel so inclined, ending in "zed". It never bothered me much as a child.

I was thinking of this very issue last week while watching Dragonball Z(ed) with the sound turned off (it's a drawback of going to the gym in the middle of the day. I still have no idea what that show is about, but it's that or the Infomercial Hour on the other screen). Do you call that Dragonball Z(ee) in the States? It sounds wrong.

Brunnen-"I think of weird things when I've been running on a treadmill for 30 minutes"G