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mspeasl

08-04-2010 01:49 AM

"Zed".....?

Gang,

Got a question. I've had Datsun and Nissan "Z's" for several years and have never seen an "ed" after the "Z" emblem on our cars......... Have any of you, I didn't think so...! So why is it that whenever I watch the English TV show "Top Gear" or speak to a Canadian, they refer to the "Z" as a "Zed"...? It's always been just "Z" to me. Anyone have an answer? I sure don't know...........!

"Zed" :werd:

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Rui Z

08-04-2010 02:04 AM

The letter Z originates from the Greek alphabet. The Greeks pronounce the letter as zeta. The English pronounce it Zed. The Japanese pronounce it Fairlady Ze-to.

Boost_lee

08-04-2010 02:16 AM

Right, the pronunciation is for the actual letter "z", not just the car.

Kirkster

08-04-2010 10:12 AM

I am all for the Zed...

http://www.limpidity.org/images/Zpics/ZatTunnel5.jpg

Cunnos

08-04-2010 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mspeasl (Post 658443)

British people pronounce Z as Zed, its kinda cool actually. They also pronounce H's as well.

elmz	08-04-2010 11:01 AM

We actually pernounce is like "Zee" which is not all that different from "Zed". The letter Z really sounds more like "Zzz".

JACKPAC

08-04-2010 11:10 AM

:iagree: With the first statements

No different than if they were repeating the alphabet. They would say Zed.

takeshima

08-04-2010 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cunnos (Post 658786)

British people pronounce Z as Zed, its kinda cool actually. They also pronounce H's as well.

Hed?
lol

CrunchyCajun

08-04-2010 04:09 PM

Wondered why top gear did this, the BMW zed4, etc. Interesting

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kirkster (Post 658744)

Peoples Republic of MD

just about

theDreamer

08-04-2010 04:10 PM

Those crazy Brits! :p

LunaZ

08-04-2010 08:02 PM

They also use aluminium bits on British versions of our car.

SmoothZ

08-04-2010 08:03 PM

Canadians also say Zed.

Montez

08-04-2010 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SmoothZ (Post 659791)

Canadians also say Zed.

Depends on whom and where as my buds in Western Canada (Vancouver) call it a "Zee" like we do down here.

SmoothZ

08-04-2010 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Montez (Post 659842)

Depends on whom and where as my buds in Western Canada (Vancouver) call it a "Zee" like we do down here.

Okay, real Canadians say Zed. :roflpuke2:

KanataZ

08-05-2010 08:22 PM

it probably depends on the age of the Canadian and how much he/she has been influenced by American media...I prefer to say zed but honestly, zee sneaks into my vocabulary just as often. And if I'm speaking to an American, it's just easier to say 'zee' - when in Rome...;)

this is as good of an explanation of zee v. zed as any...

"Zed is the name of the letter in Great Britain, India, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and most other places on earth where English is used. But in America they call it zee. "

zed and zee in Canadian speech & spelling from Bill Casselman's Canadian Word of theDay

BTW is that al-oom-in-um or al-u-min-e-um?

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