Zee PM or Zed PM, how do you pronounce it?

[Major Tyler]

The question my friends ask me (FYI: these friends are American) the most is why Rodney doesn't give up the ghost and say "zee" like everybody else. I just counter by asking that if the roles were reversed, and everybody was Canadian and said "zed" would they stop saying "zee."

Yes.

What do you base that on? Would you honestly stop saying "zee" just because everyone else said "zed?" I sure wouldn't.

[Steam]

Theres 2 of these threads right next to each over and thats before i posted

p.s. I say Zeepm

[Giantevilhead]

It's Zee PM not Zed PM just like how it's Freedom fries and not French fries.

[Steam]

Firstly its Chips and secon it just depends on how you want to pronounce it, like Zeeebra/Zebra Z/Zed Dragonball Zeee/Dragonball Zed etc etc etc

And Wahoo 300 post althought in a few hours ill be higher

[SmartFox]

Alot of people just use "Oh" for Zero here, saves time...

Thats what i always use O.

Hmm... I had thought from the tone of my reply that it was clear I was joking about "stupid Americans" but since someone here... lacks a sense of humor and saw fit so snipe me for my "anti-American" sentiment, I'd just like to point out that I'm American, myself, and that I was, in fact, kidding. I know it's really stupid CUSTOMERS who are the problem- be they American or otherwise.

Unfortunatly not alot of people have a sense of humor and take things to seriously. I know from first hand experience.

[terriernut]

i use O too, and i also say Zee, but i've always found null to be fun to say and Zed to be more precise . There would be less confusion between C and Z. Oh well, i think it goes right along with the inches and centimeter division
Also the upsillon in german, might that not have been a greek leftover and no one came up with anything better so they decided let's just call it that

and if i remember my medieval science and technology class (yes, that was the actual name) the zero came from the arabic concerning mathmatical concepts

[John Preston]

Anyone ever notice how everyone on Atlantis goes ZPM /except/ for the smarty McKay who calls it a Zed-PM?

Why is this?


And what other odd alterations have you noticed?

Like Kree! Do you really..hear a difference when they say kree?

[MartoufMarty]

Canadians say Zed instead of Zee.

[PraetorianX]

Canadians say Zed instead of Zee.

I think "The rest of the english speaking world say Zed instead of Zee." would be closer, actually.

[Bomber]

Canadians say Zed instead of Zee.

As do the rest of the English-speaking world!

[Bomber]

I think "The rest of the english speaking world say Zed instead of Zee." would be closer, actually.

D'oh! You got in before me!

[in circles]

I used to say Zed but watchig my videos of Sesame Street corrupted me.

[MartoufMarty]

Meh, close enough, eh?

That line from Rising Part 1 where they kind of make fun of McKay cracks me up lol.

[Madeleine]

I used to say Zed but watchig my videos of Sesame Street corrupted me.

Someone once told me that Americans used to say 'zed' until Sesame Street changed it so that it rhymed. I believed it for years.

[immhotep]

im english and we say both! i call it a zee-PM but if you ask me to go through the alphabet its always zed at the end.