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Question for Canadians - do you say "zi" or "zed"? (piefed.social)
submitted 6 months ago by 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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[–] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

This Canadian youtuber doesn't.

I'm Canadian, and I pronounce things the proper Canadian way.

When mentioning measurements or temperature, I use metric, and if I also happen to translate to imperial, I joke that it is a courtesy translation for the 3 countries in the world still stuck in the obsolete units.

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