All of the Canadian youtubers that I watch pronounce the letter z as “zi”, as is done in the United States. However, I have read online that it is more common for Canadians to pronounce it as “zed”, as is done in the United Kingdom. Is this a regional thing? How do you pronounce the letter z?

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    4 days ago

    As a mumbling Canadian, I always say Zed to avoid confusion with the letter C.

    In my experience, I find it’s usually g/z that tends to get the most easily confused when pronouncing as “zee,” guessing because both are voiced consonants. One of those cases where I have to request phonetic alphabet spelling if call/chat quality is too low to tell.