Letter 'Z' pronounced as 'Izzard' : how widespread and where?
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00:00 Letter 'Z' Pronounced As 'Izzard' : How Widespread And Where?
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From OED: (I, British (England) English speaker, agree with the remark "archaic or dialect.")
izzard, n.
Pronunciation: /ˈɪzəd/
Forms: Also 1500s ezod, 1600s yzard, (aphetic zard), 1600s– now dialect uzzard, 1800s izzet; izzart.
Etymology: apparently in origin the same word as zed: compare the dialect izzet, uzzit, and the form ĕˈzed, now or formerly in Scotland for zed; also Languedoc izeto, the letter z
archaic or dialect.
Old name for the letter Z.
First recorded:
1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 36 X with y. ezod. & per se.
Latest record:
1837 J. Moultrie Poems 305 In those days not a soul knew A from Izzard.
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It is very common to pronounce Z as izzard in Hong Kong.
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I am from India and here is my two pennies worth on the topic. It is a very commonly occurring mistake here in India to mispronounce zee/zed as (i)zehd which I feel is kinda close to izzard. Now I am not too sure if the two are connected. But there sure is a similarity in the pronunciation.