Dragon Ball Zee vs Dragon Ball Zed

[Pokewhiz7]

Not sure if any of you are aware of this or not, but the letter "Z" is pronounced "Zed" in some countries, like the UK and the Caribbean Islands.

I think that was kinda the entire purpose of this thread.

[dbboxkaifan]

Not sure if any of you are aware of this or not, but the letter "Z" is pronounced "Zed" in some countries, like the UK and the Caribbean Islands.

That's the point.

For example the word schedule is pronounced differently in UK and US.

UK: Xé-jule
US: Ské-due-l

Me: Xé-jule (UK) > Ské-due-l (US)

Anywho, there's a video game called "Zed", here it is: http://www.thatvideogamesite.com/play.php?id=92

[NeoKING]

Not sure if any of you are aware of this or not, but the letter "Z" is pronounced "Zed" in some countries, like the UK and the Caribbean Islands.

I think that was kinda the entire purpose of this thread.

Then, to be frank I really don't see the point. If we know that some countries pronounces Z/Zed differently, what more is there to discuss? Some countries do, some don't. Not trying to be an that one thread jerk that's always putting things bluntly, but I really don't see the point.

[thedarkuniter]

Not sure if any of you are aware of this or not, but the letter "Z" is pronounced "Zed" in some countries, like the UK and the Caribbean Islands.

I think that was kinda the entire purpose of this thread.

Then, to be frank I really don't see the point. If we know that some countries pronounces Z/Zed differently, what more is there to discuss? Some countries do, some don't. Not trying to be an that one thread jerk that's always putting things bluntly, but I really don't see the point.

Actually, there's a reason why I started this thread, I was curious to how different people will call Dragon Ball Z, well DBZ Zee or Zed and also hear others opinion on the matter. As you can see, most Americans didn't know that Zee is pronounced Zed in this thread. I was also curious to see if people agreed if Zed is closest to Zetto in terms of translation. It's a fairly new discussion, I never saw any of this topic that are like this before and I thought it have a nice, intelligent conversation without having to bash on dubs and such.

[SHINOBI-03]

We say 'Zed' here because we were taught English by the British since the colonization in the 19th century.

[Gonstead]

I go with 'Zee'

[Silver Sinspawn]

Zee. Simply because in New Zealand, thats how we roll, plus the Narrator of the series calls it such

[Gonstead]

Zee. Simply because in New Zealand, thats how we roll, plus the Narrator of the series calls it such

Hey!

New Zeeland, teehee! Get it?

[BluezaBladeNZ]

Hey!

New Zeeland, teehee! Get it?

Ditto.

[MCDaveG]

Zee. Simply because in New Zealand, thats how we roll, plus the Narrator of the series calls it such

Hey!

New Zeeland, teehee! Get it?

Greetings, New Zettorandians!

[Gonstead]

Zee. Simply because in New Zealand, thats how we roll, plus the Narrator of the series calls it such

Hey!

New Zeeland, teehee! Get it?

Greetings, New Zettorandians!

To the world, we're either known as New Zealanders or Kiwi's.

[DBZGTKOSDH]

For me, it's Zed because it's closer to Zetto and because in "We Gotta Power" it's called Zed.

[Super Sonic]

I say Zee as I'm an American. And when I hear "zed", I think of him:

[ThunderPX]

My first instinct upon seeing previews for the show was "Zet" (as in the Dutch pronunciation). Cue more than a decade of "DRAGON BALL ZEEEEEEEE" and you kind of change your mind on that. I don't know anybody who says anything else than "Zee" unless they're speaking Japanese.

[dbgtFO]

When I speak danish I say 'Zet/Zed', cause that's how we pronounce the letter Z in Denmark, but when I speak english I just say 'Zee'.
As I understand it, that's the standard for almost any name that has an english equivalent fx, Brian, Frederik, Erik and many more.

[SHINOBI-03]

I wonder how foreign dubs for "Ant Z" handled this.

[Bejiita]

In England we pronounce the letter Z as 'zed', but for Dragonball Z we pronounce it as 'zee' as the Americans do, it just sounds right. Although if I were to refer to the show as 'DBZ' I would then say the Z as zed.

[NitroEX]

Nobody here in England pronounced it "Dragonball Zed" besides ignorant parents. Even though Zed is more common here in UK the show was always referred to as "Zee" by anyone who watched it.

[dbboxkaifan]

Nobody here in England pronounced it "Dragonball Zed" besides ignorant parents. Even though Zed is more common here in UK the show was always referred to as "Zee" by anyone who watched it.

Those parents were going by the logic of how it's said.

Z = Zed

[NitroEX]

Nobody here in England pronounced it "Dragonball Zed" besides ignorant parents. Even though Zed is more common here in UK the show was always referred to as "Zee" by anyone who watched it.

Those parents were going by the logic of how it's said.

Z = Zed

Thank you captain obvious.