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The Notorious LOL
10-01-2006, 12:01 PM
the correct US pronounciation of it is "Zee-brah" but sometimes I hear people in those Moon Man countries that speak space English that say "Zeb-rah". I usually avoid confusion and say "fancy striped horse"
b i o n i c
10-01-2006, 12:07 PM
this australian woman i used to work with insisted that i pronounce the letter "z" as "zed".

"Zed-breh"
QueenAdrock
10-01-2006, 12:38 PM
I say Zee-bruh.
roosta
10-01-2006, 01:36 PM
I saw Zeb-rah, and i pronounce "z" as "zed".

People who call is "zee" are so, so wrong.
Big Gus
10-01-2006, 01:38 PM
Zeh-Brah.

Any other way is frankly worrying.....
DroppinScience
10-01-2006, 01:43 PM
I'm from a moon man country and all I ever say (or hear) is zee-brah. :confused:
The Notorious LOL
10-01-2006, 01:45 PM
zee-brah is correct
Bob
10-01-2006, 01:50 PM
i'd like to go back to fancy striped horse, if possible
na§tee
10-01-2006, 01:53 PM
zeb-ra you fannies!
Big Gus
10-01-2006, 01:54 PM
If the animal could talk they would say "people who call us 'zee-brah' shall burn in black and white striped horse related hell...."
Drederick Tatum
10-01-2006, 02:46 PM
Little Known Fact:

English was invented in England.



Zeb-ra it is.
TurdBerglar
10-01-2006, 03:12 PM
good thing i speak american
ShotgunBoy
10-01-2006, 03:18 PM
im pretty sure its <zeb-ra>
ShotgunBoy
10-01-2006, 03:21 PM
good thing i speak american
wtf? "american" is'nt even a language. its a nationality
roosta
10-01-2006, 03:22 PM
wtf? "american" is'nt even a language. its a nationality

(!)
pip07
10-01-2006, 03:24 PM
wtf? "american" is'nt even a language. its a nationality

good catch!
QueenAdrock
10-01-2006, 03:30 PM
Yeah, it was almost as if Turd was being facetious.

Almost.
Bob
10-01-2006, 03:35 PM
wtf? "american" is'nt even a language. its a nationality

huh? i don't understand
TurdBerglar
10-01-2006, 03:43 PM
so that means "english" is only a nationality as well?
HEIRESS
10-01-2006, 04:14 PM
I call z "zed"

but I say zee-bra because thats what television taught me
Planetary
10-01-2006, 04:32 PM
I call z "zed"

but I say zee-bra because thats what television taught me
LMFAO!11

tv!!1
ScarySquirrel
10-01-2006, 05:08 PM
American English?

There actually is such a thing.
Planetary
10-01-2006, 05:12 PM
there is also such a thing as a flying weasel.
ericlee
10-01-2006, 05:44 PM
Yeah, I get where you're coming from. The British guy I work with also prounounces it as zeb-rah whereas I use zee-brah.

Another thing I do though and I know I'm wrong is, I like to pronounce Jaguar as Jag-waar wheras the actual way to say it is jag-u-ar.
Drederick Tatum
10-01-2006, 05:56 PM
I bet you American fucktards say aloominum too.
Bob
10-01-2006, 05:58 PM
they upgraded the dictionary, it's legal (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/aluminum) now
ericlee
10-01-2006, 05:59 PM
I bet you American fucktards say aloominum too.


nah, I just call it tin foil.
Drederick Tatum
10-01-2006, 06:01 PM
the free dictionary? if the Oxford English Dictionary wasn't so not free, I'd show you how aluminium is spelt.
ericlee
10-01-2006, 06:06 PM
the free dictionary? if the Oxford English Dictionary wasn't so not free, I'd show you how aluminium is spelt.

You know how I say it? Alumin........ah fuck it. I work for mininum wage in America so I can't afford the shit so, why bother trying to pronounce it correct. Just give me some fucking saran wrap, please.
Bob
10-01-2006, 06:14 PM
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/aluminum
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/aluminum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminum#Spelling
http://www.britannica.com/search?query=aluminum&ct=&searchSubmit.x=0&searchSubmit.y=0

everyone's recognizing it man

you can cling to your expensive dictionaries to stay in your ivory tower with your precious extra syllables if that's what you wanna do but me....i'm moving on man
ericlee
10-01-2006, 06:19 PM
yeah, It's a proven fact that brits are so lazy that they even call an elevator a lift. Seriously, is it that hard?

Oh, Oh, but yet, we in America say "color" rather than "colour" or "flavor" instead of "flavour"

how do they say it, flaev-our? Blahahah.


*adds more corn to the shit stirring*
Drederick Tatum
10-01-2006, 06:30 PM
you colonials are insufferable.
Dr Deaf
10-01-2006, 06:33 PM
a-loo-min-yum.
zorra_chiflada
10-01-2006, 06:34 PM
there's some words i actually say in an american accent - i say zee-brah
Bob
10-01-2006, 06:46 PM
a-loo-min-yum.

i thought it was al-yoo-min-ee-um
mikizee
10-01-2006, 07:23 PM
also u yanks pronounce the world's shittest car wrong.

you say hun-day.

its pronounced hee-yun-day.

ah fuck it, who cares. those cars suck anyway.

and where do u get off calling a honda an acura?
ericlee
10-01-2006, 07:39 PM
also u yanks pronounce the world's shittest car wrong.

you say hun-day.

its pronounced hee-yun-day.

ah fuck it, who cares. those cars suck anyway.

and where do u get off calling a honda an acura?

I say Civic. My wallet doesn't understand Integra yet.
mikizee
10-01-2006, 08:03 PM
I say Civic. My wallet doesn't understand Integra yet.

thats ok, my wallet doesnt even understand notes yet. its still stuck on coins.
Chicka B
10-01-2006, 08:13 PM
Zeee-bruuuh, these are fun. Give me somethin else to pronounce! How do you pronounce "pronounce"? I pronounce it pruh-nounce.
mikizee
10-01-2006, 08:17 PM
Zeee-bruuuh, these are fun. Give me somethin else to pronounce! How do you pronounce "pronounce"? I pronounce it pruh-nouns.

its funny how most people pronounce 'pronunciation' wrong. they say pro-nowns-seeayshun' when its pro-nun-see-ayshun.

i dunno, i find it a bit ironic when someone does that.

pronounce this:

antidisestablishmentarianism
ericlee
10-01-2006, 08:18 PM
thats ok, my wallet doesnt even understand notes yet. its still stuck on coins.

It must be nice, being stuck in the mid-east for the past four years, all I've seen are these equalivancy of coins called pogs. (http://www.aafes-pogs.com/Photos/pogs25c2.jpg)

Now I really feel ghetto.
mikizee
10-01-2006, 08:20 PM
It must be nice, being stuck in the mid-east for the past four years, all I've seen are these equalivancy of coins called pogs. (http://www.aafes-pogs.com/Photos/pogs25c2.jpg)

Now I really feel ghetto.

remember alf? hes back. in pog form.

i LOL'ed at the 'operation iraqi freedom' one. more like 'operation detest the US and inspire millions of young budding terroists'
Chicka B
10-01-2006, 08:25 PM
its funny how most people pronounce 'pronunciation' wrong. they say pro-nowns-seeayshun' when its pro-nun-see-ayshun.

i dunno, i find it a bit ironic when someone does that.

pronounce this:

antidisestablishmentarianism

Yeah I pronounce it pro-nun-see-ayshun.

OK: antee-dis-establish-ment-aree-an-izm?
ericlee
10-01-2006, 08:34 PM
remember alf? hes back. in pog form.

i LOL'ed at the 'operation iraqi freedom' one. more like 'operation detest the US and inspire millions of young budding terroists'

eh, it's the us.'s idea for the pogs only because there's too much weight involved in shipping the coins overseas.
mikizee
10-01-2006, 08:37 PM
makes sense i guess.
Kerrbear
10-01-2006, 08:39 PM
I work in a zoo, and that makes me an expert. It's zee-bra. Case closed.

But while we're on the subject, I'd like to speak in favor of ha-RASS-ment, and also ad-ver-TIZE-ment.
mikizee
10-01-2006, 08:42 PM
if it was meant to be pronounced zeebra, it would have been spelt zeebra. but its not. so zebra it is.
Lyman Zerga
10-01-2006, 08:57 PM
and i just dont give a flying cunt
ericlee
10-01-2006, 09:07 PM
oh yeah? How do you shits pronounce 我爱你?
Bob
10-01-2006, 09:11 PM
"eye-luv-yoo", duh

come on, give me a hard one
mikizee
10-01-2006, 09:12 PM
come on, give me a hard one

*sniggers*
ericlee
10-01-2006, 09:12 PM
"eye-luv-yoo", duh

come on, give me a hard one

Holy shit!!
Bob
10-01-2006, 09:17 PM
*sniggers*

oh, you!
ericlee
10-01-2006, 09:22 PM
oh, you!

世上美味--辣白菜海带豆腐汤,加了木耳,白菜,金针菇,尖辣椒!!
jackrock
10-01-2006, 09:30 PM
世上美味--辣白菜海带豆腐汤,加了木耳,白菜,金针菇,尖辣椒!!
how does it taste?
Helvete
10-01-2006, 09:33 PM
"eye-luv-yoo", duh

come on, give me a hard one
Idiot, it's wo ai ni.
Bob
10-01-2006, 09:46 PM
There kelp delicious bean soup -- spicy cabbage, add the fungus, cabbage, grown chilli peppers go up in smoke.
ericlee
10-01-2006, 09:47 PM
how does it taste?

pretty good actually. I think it's the cure for gas, as a matter of fact.
DroppinScience
10-01-2006, 09:55 PM
One thing about a language that is spoken as a first-language for a lot of countries is that you're going to get a lot of variations and regionalisms throughout. That's natural and expected. When you think of it, it's actually kind of weird how much the UK has a problem with US usage and pronunciation and vice versa.

Spanish is spoken in a LOT of countries too, and there are differences between Spain and Latin American usage (not to mention Argentina is different from the rest of Latin America). If we went on a Spanish forum would everyone in Latin America be laughing at the Spaniards because they use "vosotros" and then the guys in Spain get all pompous and go "you know Spanish was created in SPAIN"? :confused:
Helvete
10-01-2006, 09:58 PM
You need to shut your mouth, Canada.
Drederick Tatum
10-01-2006, 11:18 PM
yeah no kidding, shut up.
HEIRESS
10-02-2006, 12:34 AM
asshole

Im blocking you on msn
Drederick Tatum
10-02-2006, 01:50 AM
not if I'm blocking you first!