Random Gaming Thoughts

[MrPopo]

Since the German pronunciation of the letter "Z" is tzet, I'm inclined to agree that Zee was modified to more closely fit the pattern of the earlier letters of the alphabet.

[prfsnl_gmr]

Things that sound strange:

A 2 Zed

Dragon Ball Zed

Mega Man Zed-X

[Exhuminator]

Don't forget zebra. USA says "zee-brah", but UK says "zebb-rah".

UK also calls a hurricane "hurrah-kin", or at least Richard Hammond does.

[nullPointer]

While we're on this line of thought, what's the deal with "Alu-mini-um"?

Also:
Iroc Zed (Actually taken from a "Top Gear goes to America" episode. I was like, "What the hell is an Iroc Zed?! ... Ooohhhhh")

[mjmjr25]

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[alienjesus]

Don't forget zebra. USA says "zee-brah", but UK says "zebb-rah".

UK also calls a hurricane "hurrah-kin", or at least Richard Hammond does.

The hurricane thing is a regional accent. Not all Brits say it that way.

We all say Zebra instead of Zeebra though.

Things that sound strange:

A 2 Zed

Dragon Ball Zed

Mega Man Zed-X

I say both A to Zed and Mega Man Zed Ex. I say Dragon Ball Zee though, because that's how it's said in the show.

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Vitamin (vitt-uh-min)

Pro-grum seems like a regional thing too. Most people say 'pro-gram'

The two American pronunciations that rile me up most are pronouncing Route to rhyme with out and pronouncing herb without the h.

[Exhuminator]

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[MrPopo]

Dragon Ball Zed

Fun fact; I was reading through an old Nintendo power from the NES era and they were doing a special on cool Japanese games we would never get. One was a DBZ game that they kept referring to as "Dragon Ballz".

[fastbilly1]

Dragon Ballz 3d?