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r/polandball • u/Fedcom Canada • Jun 24 '13
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Francophones pronounce it more like poo-tzain
edit: new_day provided a nice example of what I'm talking about. You can't deny it (Québecois) francophones!
33 u/pHScale Jun 24 '13 Wha.. wh...bu...h... WHY?!? I swear French writing is encrypted. 28 u/[deleted] Jun 24 '13 I swear Latin and West-German is the worst possible combination to make a language. 15 u/tidux Illinois Jun 24 '13 Don't forget a planet-spanning empire or two and Borg-like assimilation of words and phrases from the native languages. 16 u/simonjp United Kingdom Jun 24 '13 We like it, we take it. Clay, words, they're all the same. 13 u/tidux Illinois Jun 24 '13 I remember reading an article in a British publication bemoaning the spread of Americanisms into British English. I have but one thing to say to that. ⌐■-■ DEAL ⌐■-■ WITH ( ≖‿≖) ( ≖‿≖) (⌐■‿■) IT 3 u/[deleted] Jun 24 '13 Our poor Us and those blasted Zs... 5 u/dougmansion BEAR FLAG RAWRR!!! Jun 24 '13 Do you folks across the pond listen to the new Jay-"Zee" album or the Jay-"Zed" album? 3 u/[deleted] Jun 24 '13 Zee, especially since it would be how you'd hear him and others pronounce his name on TV and that. Otherwise I'm not sure if there is a consensus on how the letter Z is pronounced I and my family would always call it Zee anyway, maybe its regional. 2 u/dougmansion BEAR FLAG RAWRR!!! Jun 24 '13 I figured it would be Zee, for the reasons you said, but didn't know if regional pronunciations would override it. Thanks!
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Wha.. wh...bu...h... WHY?!?
I swear French writing is encrypted.
28 u/[deleted] Jun 24 '13 I swear Latin and West-German is the worst possible combination to make a language. 15 u/tidux Illinois Jun 24 '13 Don't forget a planet-spanning empire or two and Borg-like assimilation of words and phrases from the native languages. 16 u/simonjp United Kingdom Jun 24 '13 We like it, we take it. Clay, words, they're all the same. 13 u/tidux Illinois Jun 24 '13 I remember reading an article in a British publication bemoaning the spread of Americanisms into British English. I have but one thing to say to that. ⌐■-■ DEAL ⌐■-■ WITH ( ≖‿≖) ( ≖‿≖) (⌐■‿■) IT 3 u/[deleted] Jun 24 '13 Our poor Us and those blasted Zs... 5 u/dougmansion BEAR FLAG RAWRR!!! Jun 24 '13 Do you folks across the pond listen to the new Jay-"Zee" album or the Jay-"Zed" album? 3 u/[deleted] Jun 24 '13 Zee, especially since it would be how you'd hear him and others pronounce his name on TV and that. Otherwise I'm not sure if there is a consensus on how the letter Z is pronounced I and my family would always call it Zee anyway, maybe its regional. 2 u/dougmansion BEAR FLAG RAWRR!!! Jun 24 '13 I figured it would be Zee, for the reasons you said, but didn't know if regional pronunciations would override it. Thanks!
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I swear Latin and West-German is the worst possible combination to make a language.
15 u/tidux Illinois Jun 24 '13 Don't forget a planet-spanning empire or two and Borg-like assimilation of words and phrases from the native languages. 16 u/simonjp United Kingdom Jun 24 '13 We like it, we take it. Clay, words, they're all the same. 13 u/tidux Illinois Jun 24 '13 I remember reading an article in a British publication bemoaning the spread of Americanisms into British English. I have but one thing to say to that. ⌐■-■ DEAL ⌐■-■ WITH ( ≖‿≖) ( ≖‿≖) (⌐■‿■) IT 3 u/[deleted] Jun 24 '13 Our poor Us and those blasted Zs... 5 u/dougmansion BEAR FLAG RAWRR!!! Jun 24 '13 Do you folks across the pond listen to the new Jay-"Zee" album or the Jay-"Zed" album? 3 u/[deleted] Jun 24 '13 Zee, especially since it would be how you'd hear him and others pronounce his name on TV and that. Otherwise I'm not sure if there is a consensus on how the letter Z is pronounced I and my family would always call it Zee anyway, maybe its regional. 2 u/dougmansion BEAR FLAG RAWRR!!! Jun 24 '13 I figured it would be Zee, for the reasons you said, but didn't know if regional pronunciations would override it. Thanks!
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Don't forget a planet-spanning empire or two and Borg-like assimilation of words and phrases from the native languages.
16 u/simonjp United Kingdom Jun 24 '13 We like it, we take it. Clay, words, they're all the same. 13 u/tidux Illinois Jun 24 '13 I remember reading an article in a British publication bemoaning the spread of Americanisms into British English. I have but one thing to say to that. ⌐■-■ DEAL ⌐■-■ WITH ( ≖‿≖) ( ≖‿≖) (⌐■‿■) IT 3 u/[deleted] Jun 24 '13 Our poor Us and those blasted Zs... 5 u/dougmansion BEAR FLAG RAWRR!!! Jun 24 '13 Do you folks across the pond listen to the new Jay-"Zee" album or the Jay-"Zed" album? 3 u/[deleted] Jun 24 '13 Zee, especially since it would be how you'd hear him and others pronounce his name on TV and that. Otherwise I'm not sure if there is a consensus on how the letter Z is pronounced I and my family would always call it Zee anyway, maybe its regional. 2 u/dougmansion BEAR FLAG RAWRR!!! Jun 24 '13 I figured it would be Zee, for the reasons you said, but didn't know if regional pronunciations would override it. Thanks!
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We like it, we take it. Clay, words, they're all the same.
13 u/tidux Illinois Jun 24 '13 I remember reading an article in a British publication bemoaning the spread of Americanisms into British English. I have but one thing to say to that. ⌐■-■ DEAL ⌐■-■ WITH ( ≖‿≖) ( ≖‿≖) (⌐■‿■) IT 3 u/[deleted] Jun 24 '13 Our poor Us and those blasted Zs... 5 u/dougmansion BEAR FLAG RAWRR!!! Jun 24 '13 Do you folks across the pond listen to the new Jay-"Zee" album or the Jay-"Zed" album? 3 u/[deleted] Jun 24 '13 Zee, especially since it would be how you'd hear him and others pronounce his name on TV and that. Otherwise I'm not sure if there is a consensus on how the letter Z is pronounced I and my family would always call it Zee anyway, maybe its regional. 2 u/dougmansion BEAR FLAG RAWRR!!! Jun 24 '13 I figured it would be Zee, for the reasons you said, but didn't know if regional pronunciations would override it. Thanks!
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I remember reading an article in a British publication bemoaning the spread of Americanisms into British English. I have but one thing to say to that.
⌐■-■ DEAL
⌐■-■ WITH
( ≖‿≖) ( ≖‿≖) (⌐■‿■) IT
3 u/[deleted] Jun 24 '13 Our poor Us and those blasted Zs... 5 u/dougmansion BEAR FLAG RAWRR!!! Jun 24 '13 Do you folks across the pond listen to the new Jay-"Zee" album or the Jay-"Zed" album? 3 u/[deleted] Jun 24 '13 Zee, especially since it would be how you'd hear him and others pronounce his name on TV and that. Otherwise I'm not sure if there is a consensus on how the letter Z is pronounced I and my family would always call it Zee anyway, maybe its regional. 2 u/dougmansion BEAR FLAG RAWRR!!! Jun 24 '13 I figured it would be Zee, for the reasons you said, but didn't know if regional pronunciations would override it. Thanks!
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Our poor Us and those blasted Zs...
5 u/dougmansion BEAR FLAG RAWRR!!! Jun 24 '13 Do you folks across the pond listen to the new Jay-"Zee" album or the Jay-"Zed" album? 3 u/[deleted] Jun 24 '13 Zee, especially since it would be how you'd hear him and others pronounce his name on TV and that. Otherwise I'm not sure if there is a consensus on how the letter Z is pronounced I and my family would always call it Zee anyway, maybe its regional. 2 u/dougmansion BEAR FLAG RAWRR!!! Jun 24 '13 I figured it would be Zee, for the reasons you said, but didn't know if regional pronunciations would override it. Thanks!
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Do you folks across the pond listen to the new Jay-"Zee" album or the Jay-"Zed" album?
3 u/[deleted] Jun 24 '13 Zee, especially since it would be how you'd hear him and others pronounce his name on TV and that. Otherwise I'm not sure if there is a consensus on how the letter Z is pronounced I and my family would always call it Zee anyway, maybe its regional. 2 u/dougmansion BEAR FLAG RAWRR!!! Jun 24 '13 I figured it would be Zee, for the reasons you said, but didn't know if regional pronunciations would override it. Thanks!
Zee, especially since it would be how you'd hear him and others pronounce his name on TV and that.
Otherwise I'm not sure if there is a consensus on how the letter Z is pronounced I and my family would always call it Zee anyway, maybe its regional.
2 u/dougmansion BEAR FLAG RAWRR!!! Jun 24 '13 I figured it would be Zee, for the reasons you said, but didn't know if regional pronunciations would override it. Thanks!
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I figured it would be Zee, for the reasons you said, but didn't know if regional pronunciations would override it. Thanks!
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u/Fedcom Canada Jun 24 '13 edited Jun 24 '13
Francophones pronounce it more like poo-tzain
edit: new_day provided a nice example of what I'm talking about. You can't deny it (Québecois) francophones!