Re: CHAT letter names (was: CHAT Etruscana etc)

Mark J. Reed wrote:

>On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 07:51:26PM +1100, Tristan McLeay wrote:
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>>>No, no - that _is_ dialect variation or ideoloect
>>>variation.
>>>
>>>
>>Isn't that exactly what I said? I think I might be
>>confused?
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>>
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>The original message said that the letters have standard pronunciations
>everywhere, modulo 'lect variations.  Ray pointed out that Z (/zi/ vs
>/zEd/) was an exception.  You cited H (/ejtS/ vs /hejtS/) as an
>additional exception, but Ray pointed out that it's not one because that
>difference falls under the "'lect variations" umbrella.
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Hmm?  I was under the impression that 'zee' vs 'zed' was a dialectal
variation(the former is leftpondian, the latter rightpondian)...

I certainly don't hear 'zee' outside of American TV...