Well I used to pronounce it as Zee-a-lot when I was age 8 when SC1 first came out, well I was young so I dunno what the heck is the proper pronunciation. But eventually when I go to church every Sunday the reader reading the readings during mass pronounced it as both either Zel-lot or Zee-a-lot. So ya, I prefer going American: Zel-lot.
Haha, just because everyone pronounces it one way doesn't mean that it is correct. Most people pronounce blessed bless-ed, at least when reading it aloud. And there is a suburb near where I live called Greenwith. Most people pronounce it Green-with, even though it's supposed to be pronounced Gren-ith.
That being said, zealot is pronounced zel-ot, or zel-uht, depending on how pedantic you are.
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