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I'm all for inclusion of all people in our society. No one should be prejudiced for who they are.

BUT! Today I have to draw the line! Listening to the Play School alphabet song with my kid and it goes "A, B, C, D....X, Y, zed or zee". Since when is this blatant destruction of our national identity accepted?

I'll be picketing outside the ABC's head office from tomorrow and following that the education office until this travesty can be corrected! Who's with me?!

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Zed's dead baby, Zed's dead.

/s

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

No /s, it is, no one says Gen Zed, or Jay Zed, XY Zee is just next in line, it's all Zee's and it makes sense why

At this point nobody is learning 'English', people are learning American because they watch American Movies, TV Shows, listen to American Music, eat American Food, play American Video Games, we watch literally millions of American Youtube and Tiktok Videos every day, we're following American Influencers and Celebrities, with American Social Media Australians are following American Politics more closely than Australian Politics and frequently confusing the two, in addition we're all addicted to the American Apps installed on American Operating Systems (all of them, Windows and MacOS and Android and IOS) on the American Smart Phones/Laptops/Desktops

The top most visited websites in Australia:

https://www.similarweb.com/top-websites/australia/

  1. American
  2. American
  3. American
  4. American
  5. American

The consequence of this is that we lose our culture, but as some French statesman said: why bother when everyone is enjoying everything?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

no one says Gen Zed

Odd choice of example, I hear it often.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah my daughter referred to herself as a zedder yesterday. I hear it often enough

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[–] the_crotch 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Well tbf what you're losing is the UK's culture. Finding a balance of other stuff that works for you instead of clinging to tradition is how you build a culture of your own.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Well, Trump did get elected. Do you're probably correct.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago

That's enough internet for me for today. Sick fuck. At least put a NSFL warning next time.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It’s fine. Outside of visiting the United States I never hear anyone say zee. Even the American guys at work say zed.

We explained to our 4 year old, when she was 2, why she might hear zee on tv. She gets it and goes “it’s zed!” when she hears those shows. This is a nothing problem.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Exactly what we did. Demonised the filth, before the infection could spread.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

A picket on the sidewalk is a great idea.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Zee, candy, cookies. All that American language creeping in shits me.

And yet we also see "football" being used more and more often to refer to soccer. The one time Australian culture and American culture should be in sync, some of us decided to copy the bloody poms.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I'm not sure if I understand which version you'd prefer- Do you want football to refer to the game where players use their hands to move an egg shaped object, or do you think football should refer to the game where players use their feet to move a ball shaped object?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We’re not America.

Here we say football to refer to the game where players use their feet to move an egg shaped object.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Look out, you'll upset the rugby fans.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

As long as they don't call it footy its fine. Football is a broad term for a lot of codes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

⚽ 🇺🇸 SOCCER 🇦🇺 ⚽

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

The Wiggles alphabet song says this too. Although that I get since they export to the states now. It might even introduce American kids to the Zed.

Playschool is unforgivable. That's our national kids show and should be Australian.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

A noble cause

[–] lulztard 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Rappers on a tight schedule?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Gotta make happy hour

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

I always knew it as zee growing up. It worked in the rhyme.

"W, X, Y and Zee, now I know my A B Cs, next time won't you sing with me" (that last line is probably a separate argument on its own 😂).

Then Dragon Ball Z hit Australian TV and it was done after that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Don't call him dude, buddy.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We coulda nipped this in the bud if we had joined together and formed AmerAustralia, a unified country. I tried to promote it. We’d each have each other’s backs when the other was sleeping. But noooo. And now Zed is dead. smh. I’m so sad for all that could have been.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The Austra-Zealand Union is what we should be looking at. Sure, the accent will take a hit, but we will be unstoppable in sports.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It rhymes better with zee. Seeth.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why stop there? Time to campaign for fee, hee, jee, kee, etc.

L, M, N and O get a free pass because they're really just a prefix to P, not letters in their own right.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Lets go back to the old way of pronouncing Q also. It’s now pronounced like “coo”.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Petition to put the ampersand back in

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I agree. Let’s also reintroduce thorn and wynn. Digraphs suck.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

We can have a little pogrom against usaians as a treat.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (11 children)

usaians

Cringe.

Just say Americans mate, we all know you’re not referring to the inhabitants of North America or South America, you’re not correcting any confusion only adding it by not using the countries name.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nah, it's funny ribbing them over their egotistical exceptionalism. you know they almost named their country freedonia?

Imagine meeting a German who refers to themselves as a Eurasian, cringe shit that is.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Despite the European Union not including all of Europe, a German would definitely call themselves European when describing themselves as a citizen of the EU and not an EUian

Is Australia the entire south of the world?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Is Australia the entire south of the world?

if you're asking me to defend the decisions of the British you are looking in the wrong place lmfao.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

by not using the countries name

"America" is not their country's name either ("USA" is actually closer, now that you mention it)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

America is the country's short/familiar name. Like how the Commonwealth of Australia is just called Australia, the United Mexican States is called Mexico, and the Republic of China is called Taiwan.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

*USians

Your version has too many vowels.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I cringe if I hear someone use a hard Z

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

You're wrong Play School!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Idk which it's meant to be and I'm too afraid to ask

I feel like no matter how I say it some cunt always tells me I'm saying it wrong

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