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?
American here, can’t believe so many of you guys are saying zed.
Canadian here and I can’t believe but either. I hear Zee most of the time so much that Zed sticks out. Ibalso never hear Zedbra but always zeebra.
Canadian English is influenced somewhat by Canadian French. This can be seen in words such as “Supper” (souper) and a drugstore being called a “Pharmacy” (Pharmacie).
Other examples include “toque”, “dépanneur”/ “dep”, “on special” (on sale), “metro”, “pass the vacuum”, etc.