I just found out some people pronounce it as "Zed" and I just want to know how common this is. I've always pronounced it as "Zee" but I guess this is…
The origins of this pronunciation are not entirely clear, but it likely developed from the Greek letter “ zeta ,” which was also pronounced “zed” in late medieval and early modern English. Over time, the pronunciation of “zeta” as “zed” in English was extended to the letter “Z,” which has a similar shape and sound.

Japanese pronunciation Hey! I'm not sure about h4lights source, but my copy of Obunsha's Comprehensive English-Japanese dictionary (Japan's Merriam-Webster) doesn't show any kanji characters that resemble "Z" in the definition of the word "ultimate."

Zero Point Module shortens to ZPM. In America, the Z is pronounced "Zee". In Canada, England, and other parts of the world, it's pronounced "Zed". It isn't stupid, it's just the way it is. And it has nothing at all to do with accents. It's like that whole cheeseburger vs. royale with cheese thing in Pulp Fiction.
No, not really. English spelling is so awful at recording pronunciation that there are too many ways to represent the pronounced letter names, and no ways that are unambiguous. So you see ee, ie, e, i, for instance for E, o, oh, ow, ou for O, etc. Use phonemic symbols if you need accurate rendition of English sounds. And then added:
Why do Americans pronounce Z Ze as ze? The British and others pronounce “z”, “zed”, owing to the origin of the letter “z”, the Greek letter “Zeta”. This gave rise to the Old French “zede”, which resulted in the English “zed” around the 15th century. As to why people in the United States call “z”, “zee”, it is

Show activity on this post. The letter 'Z' is called: 'Zed' (/zɛd/) in British English and Commonwealth English (i.e., UK, Australia, Canada, India, South Africa, etc.) Note that this is also close to its name in several non-English languages: " zeta in Italian and in Spanish, zäta in Swedish, zet in Dutch, Polish, German, Romanian and Czech

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