Talk:Z (letter)

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 Definition:  The twenty-sixth and last letter of the English alphabet. [d] [e]
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"In some Scottish words z is pronounced as y: tailzie, capercailzie, Dalzell (in some families)." Sorry, but this doesn't communicate. I know the pronunciation *Dêe-éll for Dalziél - presumably also for Dalzell - but I'm not clear about the pronunciations of the others. Ro Thorpe 15:27, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

I looked it up in a dictionary and it varies: tailyi or taili. I'll add in that option.
As with a number of surnames, pronunciation varies between families. Some say Dalyell, some Dee-ell.
I was going to ask how you'd analyse the Dee-ell pronunciation. Historically it's presumably Dalyell > Dayell > Dee-ell, so one might regard the z as a vowel. Synchronically one might treat it as an odd pronunciation of a. Peter Jackson 13:08, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
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