Perhaps the British would be better off sticking with
their true strengths like: creative organ uses in food,
dentistry, wearing black, describing types of rain,
being conquered by Romans, Vikings, or Normans,
and forming an orderly queue...
- In ImmoderateHeroQuest_at_yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Richard"
<richaje_at_g...> wrote:
>
> > Because there is a difference between the sound a
> > letter makes, and its name. The letter "zed" makes the
> > sound "zee". (Or more likely, "zeh", in most cases I
> > can think of.)
>
> "Zed" just sounds silly and inconsistent with the pronounciation of
> other letters (or do you pronounce "b" as "bed", "c" ans "ced" and so
> on?). It also confuses things with your inexplicable use of "zed"
> instead of "zero".
>
> I really don't think we need any instruction on pronounciation of
> words from a people who think "Reading" is
> pronounced "redding", "Worchester" is pronounced "wooster",
> and "Leicester" is pronounced "lester".
>
> Jeff