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Originally Posted by CallOfCth'reader
To prove that his was the correct pronunciation, he said "So why aren't Zee Zee Top* called Zed Zed Top"....
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Well, he
does have a point there!
Of course, I'm from the
zee part of the English-speaking world, not the
zed part (as well as something of a ZZ Top fan) so I suppose I'm slightly biased.
I've gotten used to people not understanding that, say, pavement is something different in different countries. But I generally expect people to know the correct forms for their local area, not think some other region's are the right ones. English is a rather wiggly language to begin with, but at least you can get the local variant right! (mind you, this doesn't justify those people who use a word
wrong because it's some provincialism they grew up with; "bring" doesn't mean "take" no matter where you are)