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Originally Posted by TarJak
Zee is something you swim in if you are Dutch. Zed is the 26th letter of the alphabet.  |
Yep, and all those other letters are pronounced Bed, Ced, Ded, Ed, Ged, Ped, Ted, and Ved.
The reality is that the ancient Greeks, who invented the letter, spelled it Zeta, so Zed is probably the better, and certainly the older pronunciation. On the other hand, like 'Soccer', which we constantly get blamed for, 'Zee' was originally a British pronunciation, not American, and dates back to the 1600s. It was also one of many, including things like 'Izzard'.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...e-letter-z-zed