Or the rap artist “Jay-Zed”?
Am in Australia, we use ‘zed’ for the letter ‘z’. but it’s different for the band, as that’s a proper name. You go with the pronunciation of the owner of the name.
Same in Canada. It’s Zee Zee top.
Exactly this. Unless I am intentionally being an arse by refusing to read American products which rely on the Z being read as “zee” to work in the intended pronunciation. It’s the little things that make life worth living, y’know.
It’s the same with English speaking countries and Rammstein. We say Stein with a normal sss sound but when it’s the name of the band it goes to the German shhh sound.
I come from a “zed” country but we normally use the pronunciation of the people/creators.
So if I were reading the name “Jay-Z” for the first time and had never heard of him, I would think it was pronounced Jay-Zed or maybe Jays, but when I heard his name said by others I mentally adjusted it to Jay Zee.
i always do, but it’s mostly to be facetious - i wouldn’t be hugely surprised if people didn’t know what i was talking about
