Topic: Question on pronunciation?

[lordwhimsey]

This is question for my American friends:

In the UK when talking about a Kawasaki Z1 we pronounce it “Zed one”. I the US would you call it a “Zee one”.

No reason really, I’m just interested.

[mystic_1]

Yup, we say "Zee One" here.

mystic_1

[CycleRanger]

In the UK it's like you have a different word for everything!
I mean a boot is what goes on your foot and a bonnet goes on your head! 

Gear fab!

[Gordon]

If there were any logic to it, you Brits would also pronounce the letter "T" as "Ted", among others.

[lordwhimsey]

If there were any logic to it, you Brits would also pronounce the letter "T" as "Ted", among others.

Blimey, you're right! Why don't we?

[The_Crippler]

But at least you do say herb instead of erb.

[TwoTired]

But at least you do say herb instead of erb.

Yes, but then..., why isn't it pronounced "hed-erb"?

Ged-od Sed-ave Ted-he qued-een. 

In the US we have something similar used by young school girls called pig latin.  Which the above phrase would be:
Odgay Avesay Ethay Eenquay.

I suspect the young school girls were just a little too familiar with foreign (perhaps roman) pigs.

 
Sometimes I make myself laugh.

[Steve F]

Here's a good link to check out if you have trouble with someone ordering "faggots" at the  local pub.    http://blogs.projectbritain.com/2009/02/translating-british-english.html



Check out this link too:

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/CUSTOMS/questions/americanbritish/road.html#car

And this as well:
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/CUSTOMS/questions/americanbritish/americanspelling.html

[andy750]

In Pulp Fuction I dont suppose it would have sounded the same if Bruce Willis said "Zeds dead"  with the American Zee pronunciation ....so zed one sounds perfectly normal to me for a Z1000  

In America if at a bar just dont say 'Im going to smoke a fag" and you`ll be ok  ....especially in Texas....




 

[fishhead]

Z-1 is pronounce exactly the way it is spelled.

  I always wondered where the "Zed" came from though. Alot of the people on the KZ sites call their KZ's "Zed1000" etc. I never heard them call their bikes a "K-Zed1000" though.

  I guess its a European thing...

   

[Slayer]

In Pulp Fuction I dont suppose it would have sounded the same if Bruce Willis said "Zeds dead"  with the American Zee pronunciation ....so zed one sounds perfectly normal to me for a Z1000  
 

Makes me hungry for a Royal with cheese

[The_Crippler]

In Pulp Fuction I dont suppose it would have sounded the same if Bruce Willis said "Zeds dead"  with the American Zee pronunciation ....so zed one sounds perfectly normal to me for a Z1000  

Pulp Fiction and old british comedies did it for me.

However, I'm enough of a geek that it was the Stargate shows with their Canadians that really did it.  They had power cells known as Zero Point Modules, or ZedPMs.

[BobbyR]

This is question for my American friends:

In the UK when talking about a Kawasaki Z1 we pronounce it “Zed one”. I the US would you call it a “Zee one”.

No reason really, I’m just interested.

The actual reason is that after the Revolution we were isolated from England. No books or other materials came here. One man named Naoh Webster and some other scholars got togeher and published a Dictionary on their own authority. Sometimes they used the most common mispellings and made them standard, or they streamlined words like programme and colour, where the extra letters served no purpose.

At the University level either spelling is considered correct. The American dialect is now officially recognized.

[Soos]

. Sometimes they used the most common mispellings and made them standard, or they streamlined words like programme and colour, where the extra letters served no purpose.

At the University level either spelling is considered correct. The American dialect is now officially recognized.

Then Knife, whistle, whisper, know, where, when, which, witch, should be friggin edited IMO as well....


But go figgure..... Leave it to us americans to bastardize yet another thing.....
We even figured out how to make a "democracy" nothing more that a puppet show!
(lobbyists come to mind...)



l8r

[Retro Rocket]

Z-1 is pronounce exactly the way it is spelled.

  I always wondered where the "Zed" came from though. Alot of the people on the KZ sites call their KZ's "Zed1000" etc. I never heard them call their bikes a "K-Zed1000" though.

  I guess its a European thing...

   

Actually its a "rest of the world" thing, the US is the only place that call it "Zee 1.
Zed1's and Zed 9's here as well.

Mick

[mystic_1]

Z-1 is pronounce exactly the way it is spelled.

  I always wondered where the "Zed" came from though. Alot of the people on the KZ sites call their KZ's "Zed1000" etc. I never heard them call their bikes a "K-Zed1000" though.

  I guess its a European thing...

   

Actually its a "rest of the world" thing, the US is the only place that call it "Zee 1.
Zed1's and Zed 9's here as well.

Mick

I wonder how they say it in Japan? 

mystic_1

[andy750]

Z-1 is pronounce exactly the way it is spelled.

  I always wondered where the "Zed" came from though. Alot of the people on the KZ sites call their KZ's "Zed1000" etc. I never heard them call their bikes a "K-Zed1000" though.

  I guess its a European thing...
  

Actually its a "rest of the world" thing, the US is the only place that call it "Zee 1.
Zed1's and Zed 9's here as well.

Mick

I wonder how they say it in Japan?  

mystic_1

Zed one. Like Zed RX (you dont say ZeeRx right?).

Maybe you are taking your Zees from the Germans.....Vee have a vay of making zee talk....or zee vorld will be ours.....or "Vee vill haf zee love making from 21:00 to 21:30" - that sort of idea? No?  

[BobbyR]

Z-1 is pronounce exactly the way it is spelled.

  I always wondered where the "Zed" came from though. Alot of the people on the KZ sites call their KZ's "Zed1000" etc. I never heard them call their bikes a "K-Zed1000" though.

  I guess its a European thing...
  

Actually its a "rest of the world" thing, the US is the only place that call it "Zee 1.
Zed1's and Zed 9's here as well.

Mick

I wonder how they say it in Japan?  

mystic_1

Zed one. Like Zed RX (you dont say ZeeRx right?).

Maybe you are taking your Zees from the Germans.....Vee have a vay of making zee talk....or zee vorld will be ours.....or "Vee vill haf zee love making from 21:00 to 21:30" - that sort of idea? No?  

Andy, how's yerself. A hae nae thochtie how it started. 

[andy750]

Andy, how's yerself. A hae nae thochtie how it started. 

Am braw Bobby, house yae daein?

[BobbyR]

Hey! Mukker! A'm fine, slainte. Hou ar ye?

[Retro Rocket]

Fur fooks seek.....

Mick

[Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er]

In Pulp Fuction I dont suppose it would have sounded the same if Bruce Willis said "Zeds dead"  with the American Zee pronunciation ....so zed one sounds perfectly normal to me for a Z1000  

In America if at a bar just dont say 'Im going to smoke a fag" and you`ll be ok  ....especially in Texas....

Andy, I gotta ask.... Just how did you find out about smokin' fags. Somebody in the bar shoot one? 

You guys be careful with the English and the American. You'll have those damn Canadians joining the other side  Hey, just kidding. I appreciate the Canadians! Anybody here speak Spanish and Mexican?

[fishhead]

Z-1 is pronounce exactly the way it is spelled.

  I always wondered where the "Zed" came from though. Alot of the people on the KZ sites call their KZ's "Zed1000" etc. I never heard them call their bikes a "K-Zed1000" though.

  I guess its a European thing...
  

Actually its a "rest of the world" thing, the US is the only place that call it "Zee 1.
Zed1's and Zed 9's here as well.

Mick

I wonder how they say it in Japan?  

mystic_1

Zed one. Like Zed RX (you dont say ZeeRx right?).

 Well, I do.

 Must be a Fishhead thing then....