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Why Do Some English Speaking Countries Pronounce Z as "Zed" and Others as "Zee"?

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut The Fascinating Origin of the Word “Abracadabra” https://youtu.be/LNUsHM7C5k0?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3-uys3Rl2dvdsFkk96zRbt The Difference Between The United Kingdom, England, and Great Britain https://youtu.be/RkllNqGXrq0?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3-uys3Rl2dvdsFkk96zRbt In this video: It’s not just the British that pronounce “z” as “zed”. The vast majority of the English speaking world does this. The primary exception, of course, is in the United States where “z” is pronounced “zee”. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/10/why-do-the-british-pronounce-z-as-zed/ Image Credit: https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-103179632/stock-photo-zeta-greek-symbol https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-172058399/stock-photo-single-sawn-wooden-letter-z-symbol-coated-with-paint-isolated-over-the-white-background https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-3917459/stock-photo-%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8B-%D0%B2-%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5-%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0-%D0%B4%D0%BB%D1%8F-%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8F https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-4418127/stock-photo-%D0%9F%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C-%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wolfgang-amadeus-mozart_1.jpg Music from Jukedeck - create your own at http://jukedeck.com

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  • Originally Aired March 19, 2017
  • Runtime 2 minutes
  • Production Code 0JTATv3mW1U
  • Created September 18, 2020 by
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