Around here, "all y'all" is very common.
Pronunciation of "Z"
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It is regional, as is "you's guys". And I know y'all makes a lot of language folks cringe. But, not being from the South, I have still come to appreciate it for its convenience.
--Ken
Don’t the Brits say “Nick un” as well?
In Canada we speak proper English and say 'zed'. 
In French its ZED. ZEE, ZED, its a Nikon Zxxxxxxxxxxxxx
fcotterill
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" England and America are two nations divided by a common language" attributed to the late Winston Churchill
In Colonial English we say Zed ie many African states
In Colonial English we say Zed ie many African states
fcotterill
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The Japanese say Nick-oh with silent N
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The Official Way to Pronounce 'Nikon'
You may have heard the camera brand "Nikon" be pronounced in different ways by different people in different countries. But what's the official and
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They're not American, either.Nikon are not English !!!!!!
So then shouldn't "B" be "Bed", "C" be "Ced", and so on. Makes no sense to me.
When reciting the alphabet, Bee, Cee and Dee etc have an open "ee" to help follow to the next letters in the alphabet because there are other letters coming after them. However, Zed has the hard "d" denoting the end of the alphabet not an open "ee" as if we are still going with more letters when there aren't any more.
At least she has shown that Nikon is pronounced Nikkon, not Neikon, or Neekon etc.The Japanese say Nick-oh with silent N
#6 @ 6:10
The Official Way to Pronounce 'Nikon'
You may have heard the camera brand "Nikon" be pronounced in different ways by different people in different countries. But what's the official and
I don't think there is a silent "n" at the end, she seems to pronounce the n although with her accent it may seem as though the n is silent but I don't think it is supposed to be.I always find it interesting that many of these foreign names are not spelt the way they are pronounced and for no good reason in most cases and it isn't just Japanese that do this. She talks of Calpico that is supposed to be pronounced Calpis, why not spell it that way? Why not spell Casio as Cashio? Instead of Yakult, why not spell it how they want it pronounced Yakuruto? Nissin?, Why not Nishin? I have no issue with Toyota as I pronounce it the way they want it to be pronounced. There are many names in foreign countries that are not spelt in English the way they need to be pronounced and I see no good reason for this in most cases.
Alistair
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So y'all call F "fee", H "hee", J "jee".....?So then shouldn't "B" be "Bed", "C" be "Ced", and so on. Makes no sense to me.
Vincent_VdB
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Nikkon it is for pronunciationAt least she has shown that Nikon is pronounced Nikkon, not Neikon, or Neekon etc.
I always find it interesting that many of these foreign names are not spelt the way they are pronounced and for no good reason in most cases and it isn't just Japanese that do this. She talks of Calpico that is supposed to be pronounced Calpis, why not spell it that way? Why not spell Casio as Cashio? Instead of Yakult, why not spell it how they want it pronounced Yakuruto? Nissin?, Why not Nishin? I have no issue with Toyota as I pronounce it the way they want it to be pronounced. There are many names in foreign countries that are not spelt in English the way they need to be pronounced and I see no good reason for this in most cases.
. Naikon is for sure way wrong Roybon
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In French, we pronounce Zed if this can help
Tibor Hrnko
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From a Canadian perspective then, Alan, perhaps you should go jump in the Cee.So then shouldn't "B" be "Bed", "C" be "Ced", and so on. Makes no sense to me.
Bat Pup
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Y'all is a southern slang that the southerners here in America say for you all. The Japanese speak backwards, for instance: Goumi na si means 'I am sorry' but if you say it the way it is, you would be saying 'sorry I am'. Goumi means Sorry, Na means I, and Si means am. Sound familiar? Think of Yoda in Star Wars. Now you know Yoda is Japanese! 
Jaylabj
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$ is my pronounciation.
Doug Herr
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Anglo-Canadians also tolerate "Zee" when I cross the border.
If Nikon's history is any guide (Neye-kon, Nee-kon, Nick-on) they don't care how it's pronounced as long as people buy the cameras.
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And in Uncle Sam's Canoe club…aka the Navy…it's pronounced Zulu or Zebra.Yes, in American English it’s pronounced “zee.” In British influenced English (including Canada) it’s pronounced “zed.”
Thisis pronounced differently, too.
Doug Herr
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Yes, but is it Zee-bra, or Zeb-ra?
Did you say Nikon or Neekon
Yep…every Japanese person since WWII can speak and write and carry on an intelligent conversation in English…I was told that it's a mandatory thing over there. Not like folks who take a foreign language here in the US in high school and are still pretty much functionally illiterate for4 the most part. When I was there on Navy temporary duty in the 1980s my bride flew over and we toured around a couple of weeks. At least a half dozen different occasions we had a group of students come up and ask us to read their essay and make sure the grammar was right or to talk in US slang to get used to it. She was always mortified that she might have steered them wrong through. Same with being willing to help…I had been there a couple of months and was comfortable getting around but if we left the ryokan (Japanese style hotel) in the morning having planned our our journey around town for the next day and would pull out the map to verify that it was 3 blocks north and 4 east to the train station and not the other way around…and by the time we got the map unfolded some Japanese person had stopped to make sure we were not lost. We walked into a 7-11 one evening as we lost our way back to the hotel in Kyoto slightly…always carry a matchbook from the hotel so you can tell the helpful local where you're staying…to verify that we were going the right way and he (20ish young man) closed the store and took us to the hotel despite it actually only being a couple blocks away by that time. Amazingly polite people…and far and away the cleanest country I've ever been to.
The former…like the animal name. Not even folks across the pond call them Zedbras.
If we're going with Nikon's pronunciation guide then it's time to start pronouncing Nikon, properly, as Knee-kon. Just sayin'
Doug Herr
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In many parts of the world the animal is pronounced Zeb-ra (I did not suggest Zedbra).
Doug Herr
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This was not my experience (2020), but I will say that the willingness and effort to communicate in whatever manner was first class, and I did my best to learn some words and phrases in Japanese.
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