2007-03-08 07:19:07 · 7 answers · asked by Tinmrha 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Why does a dog lick its own balls? Because he can...same answer.....we spell Brazil with a Z, because we can. That's why.
2007-03-08 07:23:41 · answer #1 · answered by Chandru M 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because, way back when, when we were pissed off at the Brits (think pre- and post-Revolutionary War), we changed a bunch of our words and spelled them differently than their original British spelling because one or two letters made ALL the difference. Honour became honor. We dropped a bunch of unnecessary "u"s and switched the "r" and the "e," like center used to be centre before we changed it. Same with Brazil and Brasil.
2007-03-08 15:30:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "Academia Brasileira de Letras" has decided that it should be spelt with 's' somewhere in the early 1900, but this only had effect in Portuguese. English has retained the older spelling.
2007-03-08 19:43:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because in the US we pronounce it with a "voiced" sound rather than the Brits, who pronounce a lot of words unvoiced. Recognize = recognise etc. etc.
2007-03-08 15:24:36 · answer #4 · answered by O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it sounds funny if you spell it with a Q.
2007-03-08 15:22:53 · answer #5 · answered by hvykey 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because Its Xesy
2007-03-08 15:24:01 · answer #6 · answered by Word 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it is a logic in language........... that is why we are using Brazil instead of Brasil...........
2007-03-08 15:55:48 · answer #7 · answered by Dr. Aabroo Aman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋