Looks like it was a combo of both, reading about it further. https://www.rd.com/article/americans-british-pronounce-zee/

Regional dialects at first, but then the dictionary declared it the official pronunciation and shortly after the song was produced, which would have spread the use from being regional and encouraged homogenization

whistles X-files tune

Americans used to pronounce Z the same as the rest of the world until someone wrote the ABC song and decided it needed to rhyme with V, and then an entire generation grew up saying it wrong and it stuck. At least that is what I’ve heard in Canada.

It’s also why there is a Canadian version of Sesame street where the last verse doesnt rhyme because up until the late 90s our TV censors used to straight up nope things that would cause kids to be confused about how things should be pronounced.

Robin, is that you?

Pan fried shawarma is something Im still trying to get used to. The Lebanese Shawarma places in Ottawa all stack the chicken on a stick rotisserie and it is cooked exactly like the lamb or beef kebabs, they then slice thin portions off of it just the same.

It wasnt until I moved out west that I ever saw Shawarma done any other way, and everything out here has been disappointing by comparison.

Oh man, I’m hoping this is a series like CarTalk with Martok

-5

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Not just the threats, but the deafening silence from Americans in general about it (outside Lemmy) is something we will not forget for a generation.

…and yet people not only believe this crap but try to pass it off as science.

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Canadians pay it and are hopefully turned to other options, smaller companies, and hopefully Canadian ones. That would drive Amazon’s business down, and that hurts the billionaires more than the tax.

Its actually a smaller one too. Those 5 1/4 HDDs could be 2 bays tall.

Because it targets his buddies Zuck and Besos.

Garter snakes are harmless, they run from you and don’t bite.

I respect your opinion, but I lived through 90s computing and think dongles died the death they deserve and these phone manufacturers can go to hell for bringing them back or thinking that bluetooth audio is good enough.

Additionally most of the droids I have bought that have a jack are the perfect thickness in my mind. Weighted enough to stay in my hand and take a couple dozen drops without accident. Plus the headphone jack is used as an antenna and provides radio capabilities so I can listen to local news instead of whatever the tech industry wants to feed me. Which is a nice option.

But are they dependent on OPEC oil when they are buying Russia’s?

What’s for dinner tonight mom?

Unborn chicken.

Relevant. https://youtu.be/xaQJbozY_Is

It is, but it requires GPlay to operate and maintain your sub.

I switched to Subtracks when I dumped Google.