Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)

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Author: Jim Kissel
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Americanisations (Was: Bad Karma)
Sean Gibbins wrote:
> Chris Aitken wrote:
>
>>     > Sean,
>>     >  Whats with this "my bad". We are NOT AMERICANS...

>>
>>     I've been living in the USA for a year or so. This example is way
>>     down on the
>>     list of annoyingizations of the language :)

>>
>> The one that gets me is Herbs, pronounced Erbs, and yet the ability to
>> pronounce the letter H as Haitch.
>>
>> All Set.
>>
>
> The use of 'z' instead of 's' - as in Americanization - and also 'zee'
> instead of 'zed' while we're at it!

Being neither chalk nor cheese, I prefer "the DMZee" but also use "XYZed"