Why do they call Z cars, Zeds?
06-05-2006, 02:47 PM
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My car started out in life as a Zed... from it's birth in Japan... shipped to the US and became a Zee.... and finally on Canadian soil... returning to life as a Zed 
06-05-2006, 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by cessna
FWI:
1)French Canadians represent over 22% of the total population in Canada.
2)There are Francophones all over Canada, NOT JUST in the province of Quebec.
This has been your PSA of the evening
1)French Canadians represent over 22% of the total population in Canada.
2)There are Francophones all over Canada, NOT JUST in the province of Quebec.
This has been your PSA of the evening
06-06-2006, 09:45 AM
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When I was calling the US (I'm in Canada) for parts for my 350-Zed. I kept having to correct myself because you americans didn't understand me.
"Do you have ____ for the 350-Zed" "350 what?" "errr. 350Zeee?" "OHH the 350-zee"
"Do you have ____ for the 350-Zed" "350 what?" "errr. 350Zeee?" "OHH the 350-zee"
06-06-2006, 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by yobri
Since nobody has said it yet in THIS thread...
"Zed is dead, baby. Zed is dead."
"Zed is dead, baby. Zed is dead."
Here's the real story on this issue:
The Nissan Company had a long time employee that they wanted to name the car after. The employee was a cross-dressing american man named "Ned". Soon they arrived at the new name "FairladyNed". Market research proved that this name was too bizzarre (yes, even the Japanese have limits), thus the name was modified to "FairladyZ" (but company insiders still referr to it as "the Ned").
06-06-2006, 12:17 PM
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So we can expect "W" to be changed to be pronouced "wuh" soon in your alphabet?
Originally Posted by schweatty
so...is the correct way to pronounce the letter B, "Bed" instead of "Bee" or is D, "Ded" instead of "Dee".... sorry this whole Zed thing doesnt seem to make much sense.
06-06-2006, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by ZlleH
So we can expect "W" to be changed to be pronouced "wuh" soon in your alphabet?
06-06-2006, 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by MeetJoeAsian
Zed to the Zee is like football to soccer...those Englishmen went up the Hill and came down the Mountain....
06-06-2006, 02:06 PM
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the way the english say things are more gentlemen like...for instance... american would turn around after love making and say:"honey, did you just ***?" .......Englishman would say:"darling, have you arrived?"
06-06-2006, 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Ztalker
the way the english say things are more gentlemen like...for instance... american would turn around after love making and say:"honey, did you just ***?" .......Englishman would say:"darling, have you arrived?"
06-06-2006, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by ZlleH
So we can expect "W" to be changed to be pronouced "wuh" soon in your alphabet?
It's a "Double Vé" in french. Just how it should be!
06-06-2006, 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Kolia
Oh yeah, another pearl of the english language. How did two letter "v" ended up being called "double hu" !!!
It's a "Double Vé" in french. Just how it should be!
It's a "Double Vé" in french. Just how it should be!
06-07-2006, 07:21 AM
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There seems to be a major misconception about all this. Being that this great land was not inhabited by Americans/Canadians from the start, and many of the first settlers were from England, France, Dutch, Spain, as they knew how to build boats, our language is obviously a mix of many of these. Americans/Canadians did not invent the language (sorry to burst many fantasies). Sorry to also say that niether Canada or America has any linguistically recognized dialects -- many slangs but no dialects.
We can bust our chops and debat this to 100+ posts... but the fact is we are all entitiled to our opinions (either filled or devoid of actual facts).
Cheerio and all that rot!
We can bust our chops and debat this to 100+ posts... but the fact is we are all entitiled to our opinions (either filled or devoid of actual facts).
Cheerio and all that rot!
06-07-2006, 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by 240Zplus110
There seems to be a major misconception about all this.
Being that this great land was not inhabited by Americans/Canadians from the start, and many of the first settlers were from England, France, Dutch, Spain, as they knew how to build boats, our language is obviously a mix of many of these. Americans/Canadians did not invent the language (sorry to burst many fantasies).
Sorry to burst YOUR fantasy.
Sorry to also say that niether Canada or America has any linguistically recognized dialects -- many slangs but no dialects.
Maybe you should have performed a little research before running your mouth and making such a bold and erroneous claim.
No dialects in america! LOL!!!!!!!!!
http://www.evolpub.com/Americandialects/AmDialLnx.html
Absolutely laughable!
Everyone who speaks a language speaks some dialect of the language; it is not possible to speak a language without speaking a dialect of the language.
We can bust our chops and debat this to 100+ posts... but the fact is we are all entitiled to our opinions (either filled or devoid of actual facts).
What else can you enlighten us on 240z????
