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·
      8 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·
        8 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·
          7 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.