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Originally posted by DeltAlum
I think when the letter follows a vowel (Alpha), it's pronounced "zee," and otherwise it's "zi." Not sure where I heard that, and not totally sure it's valid, but it sounds good.
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It's not valid. "Zee" is the Greek pronunciation. (Actually, to be even more correct, the Greek pronunciation is "Ksee"). "Zi" is the anglicized/American pronunciation. Same thing with
F as "Fie" or "Fee" (and, for that matter, with
P, C, and
Y, too.)
X is the Greek equivalent of the English "X," as in "xylophone" (from the Greek
xulofwno, pronounced KSEE-lo-fo-no).
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