The BBC had some dire programme on the upcoming election "Generation Z and voting", they misprounced it as Zee (US accent). Zee is taking over from Zed in Irish schools also. In a few decades will it be Zee
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That's very interesting. What were Americas calling it prior?
But, if Americans, who had been saying Zed already, misread the war Spaniards Zed as Zee, why? Were ANY Americans saying Zee before the war? If so why? Was that an earlier corruption?
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Linguistic shift, innit!
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Echt. Pravda.
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That's very interesting. What were Americas calling it prior?
But, if Americans, who had been saying Zed already, misread the war Spaniards Zed as Zee, why? Were ANY Americans saying Zee before the war? If so why? Was that an earlier corruption?
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LA Los An'h'eles - Spanish original pronounciation.
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Bolshoi spasiba, Merci beaucopu, Thanks.
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that's a bruce willis line in pulp fiction before he rides of on his motorcycle @ 1:50min
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Glad you got the allusion! Alas, no prizes today.
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; ))
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You win, I win, we all win!!
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