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Re: British people and their alphabet
Posted By: Nyperold, on host 206.96.180.93
Date: Wednesday, December 13, 2000, at 07:25:10
In Reply To: Re: British people and their alphabet posted by Howard on Wednesday, December 13, 2000, at 06:33:48:

> > > Which same song? "Double-yue ex why zee" or "double-yu ex why zed"?
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> > > -eric "Dr. Morris Cecil Glalet, Tk.D." sleator
> > > Wed 13 Dec A.D. 2000
> >
> > We Brits are of the "Zed" persuasion. This has caused confusion here. At university we had an American student whose last name was Ferazzi. When his name was spelled out the tutor used Zed and the student said, "Well I don't know about the zed, but I should have a couple of zees in there somewhere."
> >
> > Beasty
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> How do you Brits pronouce the y? Do you blow in or out? I say wy,not why. Is Wales pronounced the same as Whales? And how about those words that begin with X? Do you use a zee sound or a zed? And do you pronounce the u in flavour and colour? I'll bet you put an Oh in front of 'possum, too.
> How"flav oh you are"ard

And what about that ant in AntZ? Is he called "Zed"?

Actually, the critter that can sometimes be seen in parts of North America is an Opossum. The Possum lives in Australia, and maybe other places.

NyperOld

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