Of Canucks and kiwi's...

[Beirut]

Real French is what the Paris Académie tells Québec is real French.

Pardon me while I excuse myself to hide in the closet and laugh until my head explodes.

[drone]

I still don't understand what this is about. Even after GoreBag answered it.

I believe the question is: Do Canadians pronounce the letter "Z" like "zed" (UK style), or "zee" (US style)?

[Justiciar]

"zed" (UK style), or "zee" (US style)?

Pretty much interchangable in the UK as far as I'm aware. That said, it could just be that we young'ns all grew up watching American cartoons. Not exactly a topic of every day conversation though, is it?

[Mouzafphaerre]

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The adjective is often placed before the noun, as in German. Most bizarre. It is totally unintelligable.

GAH! The adjective comes before the noun. It's where it belongs to. Everybody should know his place. Pöh! All these barbarian languages and their ways...
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[lars573]

I believe the question is: Do Canadians pronounce the letter "Z" like "zed" (UK style), or "zee" (US style)?

We say zed. And as der-momma-furher would (and I quote) say "Like it's supposed to be not like those lazy ignorant americans with their Zee."

[GoreBag]

Interesting. I live most of the time out here in Alberta (having moved from Ontario), and although some slang is different out here, I've never really noticed much of a difference in the way of pronunciation. Can you explain it in any more detail?

Cheers

Ehh...I remember there being a difference, not particularly what the difference was. As far as my memory reaches, Albertans sounded slightly more 'American'. Of course, it might not be fair for me to judge, having been brought up in a house of New Brunswickers.

Regarding the letter 'zed', Louis, it's definitely 'zed'. We even had a beer commercial aired at one point which denounced the use of the term 'zee'.