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• modern_drift@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Are those letters that make the same “ee” sound when you pronounce the letter on its own?

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  • str82L@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m suggesting that if you take your logic and apply it to all the letters equally, you’ll end up with the changes I listed. If that seems wrong, then the case for consistency isn’t as strong as you first suggested.

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    • modern_drift@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I understood what you were suggesting, it was just weak.

      Americans say “zee”, which is comparable to the letters I gave as examples.

      between zee and zed, zee makes more sense with it being inline with other letter’s pronunciations. What does zed come from?

      Admittedly, I do not know the history of the character’s development.

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