Poll

Zee or Zed?

Zee54%54% - 140
Zed45%45% - 116
Total: 256
Surgeons
U shud proabbly f off u fat prik
+3,097|6773|Gogledd Cymru

cowami wrote:

Mr.Surgeons wrote:

stupid swedes, i bet someone from dice started this, cowami are you from dice !?!?!?
No...

*sneaky eyes*
ahahah, *sneaky eyes*
Yaocelotl
:D
+221|6934|Keyboard

Bertster7 wrote:

Donald O' Brien wrote:

Bruce-SuperNub wrote:

We invented the English language
You are so wrong it hurts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of … h_language
Have you ever read Middle English (try some Chaucer), let alone Old English and even further back Anglo-Saxon(try Beowulf).

It's not English.

Beowulf, in Anglo-Saxon wrote:

oretmecgas æfter æþelum frægn:                   
    "Hwanon ferigeað ge fætte scyldas,    
    græge syrcan ond grimhelmas,             
[335]     heresceafta heap? Ic eom Hroðgares    
    ar ond ombiht. Ne seah ic elþeodige    
    þus manige men modiglicran,    
    Wen ic þæt ge for wlenco, nalles for wræcsiðum,    
    ac for higeþrymmum Hroðgar sohton."    
[340]     Him þa ellenrof andswarode,    
    wlanc Wedera leod, word æfter spræc,    
    heard under helme: "We synt Higelaces    
    beodgeneatas; Beowulf is min nama.    
    Wille ic asecgan sunu Healfdenes,    
[345]     mærum þeodne, min ærende,    
    aldre þinum, gif he us geunnan wile    
    þæt we hine swa godne gretan moton."    
    Wulfgar maþelode (þæt wæs Wendla leod;    
    his modsefa manegum gecyðed,    
[350]     wig ond wisdom): "Ic þæs wine Deniga,    
    frean Scildinga, frinan wille,    
    beaga bryttan, swa þu bena eart,    
    þeoden mærne, ymb þinne sið,    
    ond þe þa ondsware ædre gecyðan    
[355]     ðe me se goda agifan þenceð."
And they also were racist .
mkxiii
online bf2s mek evasion
+509|6520|Uk

FarBeyondReality wrote:

Mr.Surgeons wrote:

stupid swedes, i bet someone from dice started this, cowami are you from dice !?!?!?
Tbh, without dice you wouldnt have battlefield :> so FU to the problems and give highfives to dice for making it and a bigger highfive because they're from sweden MWAHAHAH! yeah, england sucks aswell as american :<
you heard the man, sweden is better than England and USA (lol)

again...Steven Fry
Shem
sɥǝɯ
+152|6811|London (At Heart)

mkxiii wrote:

FarBeyondReality wrote:

Mr.Surgeons wrote:

stupid swedes, i bet someone from dice started this, cowami are you from dice !?!?!?
Tbh, without dice you wouldnt have battlefield :> so FU to the problems and give highfives to dice for making it and a bigger highfive because they're from sweden MWAHAHAH! yeah, england sucks aswell as american :<
you heard the man, sweden is better than England and USA (lol)

again...Steven Fry
Stephen Fry (ph not v, my name is with a v, he is better than me and deserves two letters)

He is a god in the eyes of anyone who has a braincell.

For he hosts QI!

For he BAAAHHHHEEED in Blackadder! (of which my dad is an extra, woo for him, *ahem* nothing to be proud of)


For being a homosexual and noone caring!

etc!
S3v3N
lolwut?
+685|6802|Montucky
mkxiii
online bf2s mek evasion
+509|6520|Uk

Shem wrote:

mkxiii wrote:

FarBeyondReality wrote:


Tbh, without dice you wouldnt have battlefield :> so FU to the problems and give highfives to dice for making it and a bigger highfive because they're from sweden MWAHAHAH! yeah, england sucks aswell as american :<
you heard the man, sweden is better than England and USA (lol)

again...Steven Fry
Stephen Fry (ph not v, my name is with a v, he is better than me and deserves two letters)

He is a god in the eyes of anyone who has a braincell.

For he hosts QI!

For he BAAAHHHHEEED in Blackadder! (of which my dad is an extra, woo for him, *ahem* nothing to be proud of)


For being a homosexual and noone caring!

etc!
finally, someone who truly appreciates the immenseness of Stephen Fry, and QI.

karmaz to you my good sir....tomorrow for i have run out (boredom crept into my mind and the +1 button looked interesting so many times)
WinterWayfarer
Combat Medic
+21|6536|Spacetime

Winston_Churchill wrote:

The last letter of the alphabet
Pretty much the pronunciation difference in British English vs American English
They pronounce Z as zed in Britain??
Smithereener
Member
+138|6599|California
I'm kind of confused, if "Z" is ZED in English, how do you pronounce "Zebra?" I'm assuming it's "ZEHbra" because I pronounce some words with the 'American' ZEE and others the other way. i.e., I pronounce "Zebra" as ZEEbra and "Zealot" as ZEHlot.

So yeah, null vote for me.

Last edited by Smithereener (2007-07-03 15:22:52)

Fenris_GreyClaw
Real Хорошо
+826|6803|Adelaide, South Australia

justice wrote:

They're both correct.
mkxiii
online bf2s mek evasion
+509|6520|Uk

Smithereener wrote:

I'm kind of confused, if "Z" is ZED in English, how do you pronounce "Zebra?" I'm assuming it's "ZEHbra" because I pronounce some words with the 'American' ZEE and others the other way. i.e., I pronounce "Zebra" as ZEEbra and "Zealot" as ZEHlot.

So yeah, null vote for me.
correct we do say it ZEHbra
Smithereener
Member
+138|6599|California

mkxiii wrote:

Smithereener wrote:

I'm kind of confused, if "Z" is ZED in English, how do you pronounce "Zebra?" I'm assuming it's "ZEHbra" because I pronounce some words with the 'American' ZEE and others the other way. i.e., I pronounce "Zebra" as ZEEbra and "Zealot" as ZEHlot.

So yeah, null vote for me.
correct we do say it ZEHbra
Ah, I see. I dunno, being accustomed to ZEEbra makes it roll off of my tongue better than ZEHbra.
DesertFox-
The very model of a modern major general
+796|6968|United States of America
I have a direction to send most of you Zed-Huggers. I refer you to my first post of this here thready-deal.

I wrote:

Hmm, interesting that in Men in Black, Rip Torn's character is called Zed instead of Z whilst all the other agents only go by one letter, J or K for instance. Even the credits list specifically as Zed, instead of the letter. Those damned snooty Brits are trying to spread their influence across the globe again! AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! Putting extra "i"s into aluminum and whatnot! You can't make it "zed" here though, since it will ruin the whole foundation of the alphabet and thus collapse the world, and then...THE UNIVERSE! {dun dun dunnnnnnnn}

"...w, x, y, and z(ee). Now I know my ABCs, next time won't you sing with me?"
"...w, x, y, and z(ed). Now I know my A to Z(ed), by this time next year we'll all be dead!" <--- I rest my case
Also, doesn't this topic make you marvel how far we've come through the Internet. We're now able to argue two different languages based simply on where we're from, for the most part. How amazing...

Last edited by DesertFox- (2007-07-03 16:19:54)

Pernicious544
Zee Tank Skank
+80|6984|MoVal So-Cal

Mr.Surgeons wrote:

Pernicious544 wrote:

Mr.Surgeons wrote:

Thats how you pronounce one of the 26 letters in the language you are using.
No its not,
A= a
B= bee
C= see
D=dee
E= e
F= eff
G= gee
H= h
I= i
J=jay
K=kay
L=el
M=m
N=en
O=oh
P= pee
Q=q
R=are
S=ess
T=tea
U= you
V=vee
W= double u
X= ex
Y= why
Z=  ZEE
Okay mister smarty pants, what language are we speaking ? is it english ? or chinese ?

and in english do we pronounce "Z" as "Zed" yes, now go cry in your trailer park.
Ah, yes and that makes you look so smart, good job

z=zee (wow this/you are making me lol)

Last edited by Pernicious544 (2007-07-03 18:00:44)

Pernicious544
Zee Tank Skank
+80|6984|MoVal So-Cal

Mr.Surgeons wrote:

Pernicious544 wrote:

p.s. I am so glad I was never born in the U.K. so I wouldn't look like a pompous ass every day of my life you smart-mouthed shit.
Cool, so youd like to be dumb, another amazing stereotype youre giving the american population good job!

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e17/Sarrk/OKaaaay.jpg

Big thumbs up to you
speaking of stereotypes...
Pernicious544
Zee Tank Skank
+80|6984|MoVal So-Cal

Bertster7 wrote:

Undetected_Killer wrote:

Bertster7 wrote:


Except for the fact you've spelt almost all the letters wrong, by either English or American standards.
You make me laugh, silly man. How do you spell a letter wrong?

BTW, It's not spelt.
Cee
Ef
Aitch

I can't bothered to go through all of them.

You'd think it was pretty hard to spell a letter wrong, but you've managed it.
lol @ me then +1
BALTINS
ಠ_ಠ
+37|6770|Latvia
like z in pwnz.

Just Z.

hrhr

edit: wait, in Latvian it's Zee..

Last edited by BALTINS (2007-07-03 18:10:55)

PspRpg-7
-
+961|6981

Pernicious544 wrote:

Bertster7 wrote:

Undetected_Killer wrote:


You make me laugh, silly man. How do you spell a letter wrong?

BTW, It's not spelt.
Cee
Ef
Aitch

I can't bothered to go through all of them.

You'd think it was pretty hard to spell a letter wrong, but you've managed it.
lol @ me then +1
He's "spelling" the letter just fine, you're doing the phonetic I believe.
Bertster7
Confused Pothead
+1,101|6865|SE London

PspRpg-7 wrote:

Pernicious544 wrote:

Bertster7 wrote:


Cee
Ef
Aitch

I can't bothered to go through all of them.

You'd think it was pretty hard to spell a letter wrong, but you've managed it.
lol @ me then +1
He's "spelling" the letter just fine, you're doing the phonetic I believe.
Nope. The phonetic alphabet is a horrible and bent thing that I don't understand.

āl'kə-hôl - is alcohol in the phonetic alphabet. Weird, no?
KuSTaV
noice
+947|6795|Gold Coast
Didnt the Yanks travel from England to the American mainland? They spoke english right? At first, they would have Zed, but since the Brits were a negative impact on the Yanks, they probably changed it to ZEE, just to be different? o.0
noice                                                                                                        https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/26774/awsmsanta.png
Scorpion0x17
can detect anyone's visible post count...
+691|7049|Cambridge (UK)
In the English (as opposed to American) speaking world, it's Zed.

And, seeing as we invented the language, it's ZED.

OK?

OK.
mkxiii
online bf2s mek evasion
+509|6520|Uk

Pernicious544 wrote:

Mr.Surgeons wrote:

Pernicious544 wrote:


No its not,
A= a
B= bee
C= see
D=dee
E= e
F= eff
G= gee
H= h
I= i
J=jay
K=kay
L=el
M=m
N=en
O=oh
P= pee
Q=q
R=are
S=ess
T=tea
U= you
V=vee
W= double u
X= ex
Y= why
Z=  ZEE
Okay mister smarty pants, what language are we speaking ? is it english ? or chinese ?

and in english do we pronounce "Z" as "Zed" yes, now go cry in your trailer park.
Ah, yes and that makes you look so smart, good job

z=zee (wow this/you are making me lol)
for the love of god please just put all of your absolute shit that you want to say in one post in future as having to scroll down so much to laugh at your retardedness is an inconvenience
Gillenator
Evils Bammed Sex Machine
+129|6678|Evilsville
In Dutch Z is Zed..
Surgeons
U shud proabbly f off u fat prik
+3,097|6773|Gogledd Cymru

Pernicious544 wrote:

Mr.Surgeons wrote:

Pernicious544 wrote:

p.s. I am so glad I was never born in the U.K. so I wouldn't look like a pompous ass every day of my life you smart-mouthed shit.
Cool, so youd like to be dumb, another amazing stereotype youre giving the american population good job!

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e17/Sarrk/OKaaaay.jpg

Big thumbs up to you
speaking of stereotypes...
Yes lets speak about them.
Hurricane
Banned
+1,153|6914|Washington, DC

We should ask this kid, he's a guru on spelling tbh

jord
Member
+2,382|6962|The North, beyond the wall.
Scombriday?

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