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From: kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz (Paul J Kriha)
Subject: Re: The Naming of Letters
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Dr. Peter Kittel wrote:
>Paul J Kriha writes:
>>Tim Reichard wrote:
>>>
>>>....I doubt that the implication of this last statement pleases many of
>>>us English speakers of the U.S., that saying "zee" is not "right".
>>
>>Of course "zed" is not correct. Ask _non-English_ speaking
>>Europeans (ie. majority).
>
>Sorry, I have to report that I learnt it as "zed" at school. In Germany
>we obviously learn British English, with the Advanced Learner's Oxford
>Dictionary.

I wasn't thinking of English language "z".   :-)
(BTW, I am writing from s.l. not a.u.e.)

>> Most of them will tell you that
>>the only correct way to spell z is "zet"!          :-)
>
>Ah sorry, misunderstanding. You are of course completely right :-).
>But you perhaps should add a pronunciation help: "tset".

I wasn't thinking of German either. :-)
But you are perhaps right. There could be more Europeans
spelling it "tset" than "zet".  Uhm, maybe, perhaps not. Yes?

Paul JK.

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