[GreenKeys] Zee vs. Zed

[Doug Alderdice]

Depends on the American.  A local ham friend has a Z in his call and he 
says it "Zed," as do most of the other locals who know him and speak 
on-air with him.

For the last ten years or so of my teaching career I was working with 
refugees now to this country from from all over the world who were 
learning English as well as the math I was teaching them, and many of 
those students came from former British colonies/protectorates/etc. and 
would say "Zed" and I did, too, to not further confuse things for them.

At my annual eye doctor exam one time, being asked to read the letters 
on the eye chart there was a Z or two and I read them aloud as "zed," 
which raised a comment from the technician.

FWIW, YMMV.

73,

Doug, KA2WFT


On 6/16/2020 9:07 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> Damn, but it's hard to talk to an American whose callsign ends with "Z".
> 
> -- Dave VK2KFU