Pronunciation Poll

[chabibi]

Z

zed or zee?

[ThaSaltCracka]

oh, I dunno, I thought he was talking about the lunch meat.

[daryn]

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Z

zed or zee?

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zee, like zeejustin.


how about this one?


H:

aych

or

haych

[chabibi]

i say zed must be a canadian thing

[spamuell]

Zee is American.

I think everyone else uses Zed but I might be wrong about Australia.

[RocketManJames]

Ok, I'll give you that most are weak. But, for the A-Pathetic... the way I see it is that "A-" as a prefix should be pronounced with a long A sound. Like the word AMORAL... or ASEXUAL. And I did look up ASEPTIC on m-w, and they pronounce it with a long A. So why should APATHETIC be treated differently?

-RMJ

[daryn]

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Ok, I'll give you that most are weak. But, for the A-Pathetic... the way I see it is that "A-" as a prefix should be pronounced with a long A sound. Like the word AMORAL... or ASEXUAL. And I did look up ASEPTIC on m-w, and they pronounce it with a long A. So why should APATHETIC be treated differently?

-RMJ

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i would guess that APATHETIC is different because A is not being used as a prefix there. i mean it's not like APATHETIC has anything to do with the word PATHETIC. like the word APATHY.

[Ulysses]

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AMORAL...

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Comes from MORAL. AMORAL.

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ASEXUAL.

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Comes from SEXUAL. ASEXUAL.

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ASEPTIC

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I'm not sure that ASEPTIC stems directly from SEPTIC.

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So why should APATHETIC be treated differently?

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APATHETIC comes from APATHY, not PATHETIC (though I imagine they all are related to PATHOS).

[1337 skills]

So much for pathos.

[1337 skills]

That's weird. Isn't there a certain british accent where you drop 'h's, or has "My Fair Lady" corrupted my mind?