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Re: Tests during pregnancy
« Reply #45 on: October 25, 2018, 12:02:46 PM »
It would appear that the US is actually the odd one out when it comes to pronunciation of Z.

Just found this online:

It’s not just the British that pronounce “z” as “zed”.  The vast majority of the English speaking world does this.  The primary exception, of course, is in the United States where “z” is pronounced “zee”.

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 thought that this is likely simply adopted from the pronunciation of the letters “bee”, “cee”, “dee”, “eee”, “gee”, “pee”, “tee”, and “vee”.


From: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/10/why-do-the-british-pronounce-z-as-zed/

Hee hee hee.  I think it just fits the song better. 

Okay, so last night I was watching one of those "how they make it" shows and it was highlighting the potato chip/crisp.

The story of how the potato chip came into existence was in New York where there was a very fussy business man at a restaurant he frequented.  He kept saying the traditional chip was too think and he wanted them thin and crispy.  The chef tried to beat him at his own game by slicing the potato wafer thin, frying them, and then loading them with salt.  But instead of the customer hating them, he loved them.  And thus the potato chip/crisp was born.

But the British person presenting the show was not happy with this.  They contacted a food historian who did a lot of research and found a recipe book dated 30 years prior to the NY restaurant story.  The recipe said to slice the potatoes into 1/4 inch strips and then fry.  Apparently that means the Brits invented the chip/crisp.  <sigh>

Okay:

1.  A 1/4 slice is NOT a chip/crisp
2.  Does it matter if it was the Americans or Brits who invented it?  Can't we just eat it and be happy and thankful that they DO exist?


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Re: Tests during pregnancy
« Reply #46 on: October 25, 2018, 12:19:55 PM »
Hee hee hee.  I think it just fits the song better. 

Okay, so last night I was watching one of those "how they make it" shows and it was highlighting the potato chip/crisp.

The story of how the potato chip came into existence was in New York where there was a very fussy business man at a restaurant he frequented.  He kept saying the traditional chip was too think and he wanted them thin and crispy.  The chef tried to beat him at his own game by slicing the potato wafer thin, frying them, and then loading them with salt.  But instead of the customer hating them, he loved them.  And thus the potato chip/crisp was born.

But the British person presenting the show was not happy with this.  They contacted a food historian who did a lot of research and found a recipe book dated 30 years prior to the NY restaurant story.  The recipe said to slice the potatoes into 1/4 inch strips and then fry.  Apparently that means the Brits invented the chip/crisp.  <sigh>

Okay:

1.  A 1/4 slice is NOT a chip/crisp
2.  Does it matter if it was the Americans or Brits who invented it?  Can't we just eat it and be happy and thankful that they DO exist?

I think that show's story only explains the confusion around the terms for the two vastly different food items.  Clearly, an American invented the crisp (which they called a chip).
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Re: Tests during pregnancy
« Reply #47 on: October 25, 2018, 01:00:35 PM »
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Re: Tests during pregnancy
« Reply #48 on: October 25, 2018, 03:32:57 PM »
I'm crushed to see Emily added to the list of banned names!  Just like other day I Was watching "the good place" and found out the criteria to decide if someone should get sent to hell was if they had ever paid to see the red hot chilli peppers.

Here's quiz : who can suggest a name that sounds good in Thai, English, French and Japanese?  Some friends of ours named their girl this.


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Re: Tests during pregnancy
« Reply #49 on: October 25, 2018, 04:19:05 PM »
I'm crushed to see Emily added to the list of banned names!  Just like other day I Was watching "the good place" and found out the criteria to decide if someone should get sent to hell was if they had ever paid to see the red hot chilli peppers.

Here's quiz : who can suggest a name that sounds good in Thai, English, French and Japanese?  Some friends of ours named their girl this.

One of my daughter's friends is British, Italian, Japanese, and French (at least she's learning all four of those languages).  Her name is Ellie, so that's my guess.


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Re: Tests during pregnancy
« Reply #50 on: October 25, 2018, 06:54:31 PM »
I know I don't have to convince you guys but the song goes:

A B C D E F Geeeeeeeee
H I J K L M N O Peeeeeeee
Q R S T U Veeeeeeeeee
W X Y Z________

I mean, come on.  The only answer is Zeeeeeeeeee.

I asked DH to sing the alphabet song once when we were disagreeing about the pronunciation of "z" and when he got to the end, he paused, wouldn't finish the lyric, and said, "I see what you're trying to do here."

Apparently, he was right.

But still wouldn't finish the song.


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Re: Tests during pregnancy
« Reply #51 on: October 25, 2018, 09:25:35 PM »
I asked DH to sing the alphabet song once when we were disagreeing about the pronunciation of "z" and when he got to the end, he paused, wouldn't finish the lyric, and said, "I see what you're trying to do here."

Apparently, he was right.

But still wouldn't finish the song.

To be fair, the alaphabet as we know it is out of date.  It’s all phonics so Z is zuh.


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Re: Tests during pregnancy
« Reply #52 on: October 26, 2018, 08:44:39 AM »
To be fair, the alaphabet as we know it is out of date.  It’s all phonics so Z is zuh.

How do you recite a phonic alphabet?  The very first letter has so many sounds: pat, pane, pa, pizza, ...

I think it's fair to leave the song alone.  And in the interest of rhyming scheme, the last letter must be zeeeeee.  :)

Now, how do you end the song, after all the letters have been sung?  What are the final two lines?
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Re: Tests during pregnancy
« Reply #53 on: October 26, 2018, 08:53:37 AM »
They don't sing the phonic alphabet.  At least not that I've heard.

"Now I know my ABCeeeeeeee's, next time won't you sing with meeeeeeeeee?"


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Re: Tests during pregnancy
« Reply #54 on: October 26, 2018, 09:32:51 AM »
They don't sing the phonic alphabet.  At least not that I've heard.

"Now I know my ABCeeeeeeee's, next time won't you sing with meeeeeeeeee?"

That's how I've always ended it, but I think I've heard other endings.  Maybe I'm mis-remembering, though.

So, to review, that's:

A B C D E F Geeee
J I J K L-M-N-O Peeee
Q R S, T U Veeee
W X, Y and Zeeee
Now I know my A B Ceees
Next time won't you sing with Meeee?
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Re: Tests during pregnancy
« Reply #55 on: October 26, 2018, 08:02:24 PM »
It's definitely:

Now I know my A, B, Cs,
Next time won't you sing with me?

Unless it's the Mandela effect going on.  Apparently, I totally mis-remembered the Berenstain Bears spelling.


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Re: Tests during pregnancy
« Reply #56 on: October 26, 2018, 08:20:55 PM »
Where does jai fit in?

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Re: Tests during pregnancy
« Reply #57 on: October 27, 2018, 09:26:39 AM »
Mandela effect?


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Re: Tests during pregnancy
« Reply #58 on: October 27, 2018, 10:16:42 AM »
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Re: Tests during pregnancy
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