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From: deb5@midway.uchicago.edu (Daniel von Brighoff)
Subject: Re: The Naming of Letters
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Date: Sat, 2 Aug 1997 19:26:36 GMT
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In article <peterk.14zp@combo.ganesha.com>,
Dr. Peter Kittel <peterk@combo.ganesha.com> wrote:
>In article <5rq20q$390_001@actrix.gen.nz> kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz (Paul J Kriha) writes:
>>In article <33DD46CF.566D@postoffice.ptd.net>, Tim Reichard <dennisr@postoffice.ptd.net> 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.
[snip]

Obviously.  That's why my German friends in Germany say "humongo" and
"bogus", "no way" and "bite me!"  Because they all learned proper British
English from the Oxford.

Ironically, the only two Germans I know well who try to stick to British
usage live here (in the USA).

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