#26
(of 26)
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“z is for zero”
“friendly observer from spacecraft Z”
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(in most dialects of ‘english’, the letter’s name is zed reflecting its derivation from the greek zeta…_
(…but in ‘american english’, its name is zee , deriving from a late 17th century english ‘dialectal form’)
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(another english dialectal form is izzard, which dates from the mid-18th century and probably derives from occitan izèda (literally translating as “i zed”) or the french et zède “and z”)
(other ‘indo-european languages’ pronounce the letter’s name in a similar fashion, such as zet in ‘dutch’, ‘polish’, ‘german’, ‘romanian’, and ‘czech’, zède in french, zæt in danish, zett in norwegian, zäta in swedish, zeta in italian and in spanish, and zê in ‘portuguese’)
(however, several languages lacking the /z/ phoneme render it as /ts/, e.g. /tsetɑ/ or /tset/ in finnish)
(in Chinese (Mandarin) pinyin the name of the letter Z is pronounced [tsɛ], although the English zed and zee have become very common.
In most dialects of English, the letter’s name is zed (reflecting its derivation from the Greek zeta (see below) but in American English, its name is zee, deriving from a late 17th century English dialectal form.
another English dialectal form is izzard, which dates from the mid-18th century and probably derives from Occitan izèda (literally translating as “i zed”, French et zède “and z”.
(other Indo-European languages pronounce the letter’s name in a similar fashion, such as zet in Dutch, Polish, German, Romanian, and Czech, zède in French, zæt in Danish, zett in Norwegian, zäta in Swedish, zeta in Italian and in Spanish, and zê in Portuguese)
(however, several languages lacking the /z/ phoneme render it as /ts/, e.g. /tsetɑ/ or /tset/ in ‘finnish’)
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(in ‘chinese’ (‘mandarin’) “pinyin” the name of the letter Z is pronounced [tsɛ], although the english zed + zee have become very common)
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