All of the Canadian youtubers that I watch pronounce the letter z as “zi”, as is done in the United States. However, I have read online that it is more common for Canadians to pronounce it as “zed”, as is done in the United Kingdom. Is this a regional thing? How do you pronounce the letter z?

      • zikzak025@lemmy.world
        9·
        6 days ago

        Technically it is. The Japanese pronunciation would say “Zetto” as a close approximation of “Zed”.

        But the English dub was done for a US audience (despite the fact that the original English dub was recorded in Canada), so they deferred to the American pronunciation of Z.

        • GreyEyedGhost@piefed.caEnglish
          5·
          6 days ago

          This could also be the reason Canadian YouTubers would say zee - why alienate 90% of your market, and Canadians are still used to hearing it from American media.

          • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
            2·
            6 days ago

            also be the reason Canadian YouTubers would say zee - why alienate 90% of your market

            I doubt it’s any fear of alienating them.

            It is likely more the result of those youtubers growing up immersed in American media exports.