[Old Ag]

In recognition of the fact that us yanks have been repeatedly e-viscerated for our mispronunciation of the Blackberry "Zed10", I believe it is only fitting that we have our own pronunciation for the name of the next Blackberry product, the Q10.

I humbly suggest that in the US we adopt "Qued10" as the official pronunciation for the upcoming Blackberry 10 keyboard phone.

Discuss...

-Old Ag

[Jimberry Storm]

good one, If someone would explain the "Zed" instead of just stating "that's what everyone else says" it might make a little sense.

[Old Ag]

good one, If someone would explain the "Zed" instead of just stating "that's what everyone else says" it might make a little sense.

Apparently it has something to do with the way some queen pronounces it, although I'm no expert here...

[r0v3rT3N]

Apparently it has something to do with the way some queen pronounces it, although I'm no expert here...

It is the way everyone in the world, except the US pronounces it.

[Cale M]

good one, If someone would explain the "Zed" instead of just stating "that's what everyone else says" it might make a little sense.

"In most dialects of English, the letter's name is 'zed' /ˈzɛd/, reflecting its derivation from the Greek zeta, but in American English, its name is 'zee' /ˈziː/, deriving from a late 17th century English dialectal form."*



* One early use of "zee": Lye, Thomas (1969) [2nd ed., London, 1677]. A new spelling book, 1677. Menston, (Yorks.) Scolar P.. p. 24. LCCN 70407159. "Zee Za-cha-ry, Zion, zeal"

[emstardeluxe]

I didn't think americans said "queued" either

[njblackberry]

Sure we do - "did you notice how no one queued up for the Zee10 launch"

[BBThemes]

I humbly suggest that in the US we adopt "Qued10" as the official pronunciation for the upcoming Blackberry 10 keyboard phone.

errrr why? did you pronounce Q as Qee before?

[njblackberry]

Since the Chinese word Qi is pronounced Chee, maybe is should be pronounced Chee10.
That would be Ched10 in places outside of the US.

Qi is also the name of a wireless charging standard. Not on the Zee10 or the Chee10.

[BBThemes]

Since the Chinese word Qi is pronounced Chee, maybe is should be pronounced Chee10.
That would be Ched10 in places outside of the US.

Qi is also the name of a wireless charging standard. Not on the Zee10 or the Chee10.

you do realise how silly it looks stating that everything that ends ee in the US ends ed in the rest of the world? right?

[njblackberry]

You also spell words with extra "U"s in them. That doesn't bother me either.
Silly, no.
But if it makes you feel better, than the whole world should call it the Zed10.

[BBThemes]

You also spell words with extra "U"s in them. That doesn't bother me either.

you`ll probably find its more a case of you spell words without the U`s in them. being how english was about before US english.

[emstardeluxe]

As long as no one confuses it with the very popular anti-wrinkle cream.
Q10 - NIVEA

[njblackberry]

It's a face cream; it's a smart phone!
It's like Shimmer!

[Cloudmaster]

Qi is also the name of a wireless charging standard

Also the name of a popular quiz show in the UK

[jdhooghe]

I think we should pronounce "q" the way the french do: "koo" and then dog on everybody for not pronouncing it the way the french do.

[geoffsdad]

Can we get some hooked on phonics for that pronunciation? is it Ked, Kwed? Cue-ed?

[jdhooghe]

Can we get some hooked on phonics for that pronunciation? is it Ked, Kwed? Cue-ed?

Hey, it worked for me.

[rav813]

It is the way everyone in the world, except the US pronounces it.

"In most dialects of English, the letter's name is 'zed' /ˈzɛd/, reflecting its derivation from the Greek zeta, but in American English, its name is 'zee' /ˈziː/, deriving from a late 17th century English dialectal form."

I thought it was just the Metric way of pronouncing it.

I wonder if the Brits will spell it "Queue10"

[Michelle Haag]

Chee10 looks like Cheeto to me, and now I'm hungry. Thanks guys.
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[FantomLightning]

you`ll probably find its more a case of you spell words without the U`s in them. being how english was about before US english.

You're not using a apostrophe... That symbol you're using is a "Grave accent". It resides on the same key as the "Tilde ~". The Apostrophe however resides on the quotation mark key. Please understand simple symbols before you start arguing a point of which version of English is "correct".

[KasukeSadiki]

In recognition of the fact that us yanks have been repeatedly e-viscerated for our mispronunciation of the Blackberry "Zed10", I believe it is only fitting that we have our own pronunciation for the name of the next Blackberry product, the Q10.

I humbly suggest that in the US we adopt "Qued10" as the official pronunciation for the upcoming Blackberry 10 keyboard phone.

Discuss...

-Old Ag

Read thread title, loled hard. Good job.

Also I vote for QED 10. Then we can whip out our Q10s and be like "Q.E.D *****."

Although I'm not in the US

[Chris Marsch]

As long as no one confuses it with the very popular anti-wrinkle cream.
Q10 - NIVEA

Q10 is all about health ... ;-)

[kjjb0204]

I think what is silly is that on the US blackberry site, the videos all have this guy with US pronunciation throughout except for saying zed.

[bhrgvr]

Well... That's the way the rest of the world learnt... Z as in Zed and not Zee... Just how one would pronounce tomatoes, potatoes differently in US...



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