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minus-squaretegs_terry@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months agoGood story, now back to reality, please.
minus-squareWilzax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThe reality is that American english pronunciation of “Zee” is globally more popular than british english “Zed”. As a descriptivist for linguistics, I believe language IS how it’s used, not how it ought to be used.
minus-squaretegs_terry@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThat’s reasonable; I’ll take it.
minus-squareSidyctism@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoA compelling argument no doubt. But dragonball Zed sounds better than dragonball Zee, so youre still wrong
Good story, now back to reality, please.
The reality is that American english pronunciation of “Zee” is globally more popular than british english “Zed”. As a descriptivist for linguistics, I believe language IS how it’s used, not how it ought to be used.
That’s reasonable; I’ll take it.
A compelling argument no doubt.
But dragonball Zed sounds better than dragonball Zee, so youre still wrong