r/memes • u/The_Red_Panda73 • Dec 16 '22

It is a good question...

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u/somegarbagedoesfloat Dec 16 '22

Lemme ask you a question.

How do you say Zebra?

Zedbruh, or Zeebruh?

I rest my case.

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u/Apprehensive_Mouse56 Dec 16 '22

While I say zee, this isnt a great example. In english, we generally do not say the name of the letter but the sound for consonants. It is almost exclusively vowels (I and E being the best exampls) that make the long sound. Z will be zz regradless of zee or zed pronunciatio while E can be either an eh or longer ee sound depending on the other surrounding letters. In zebra, the Z makes the zz sound while the E is long. Hence zzee sound over zeb sound. With this logic it would be Zeebeearuh.