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Old 06-04-2006, 01:40 AM
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As they title asks why do they call Z cars, Zeds.
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Old 06-04-2006, 01:45 AM
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That's how the letter Z is pronounced in other countries i.e. UK.
In Japanese it's more like Ze-to.
In Korean it sounds like Je-Teu.
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Old 06-04-2006, 01:47 AM
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ahh ok. I was wondering that for a while. Glad I know now. Thanks!
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Zed is how the other English people say Zee. I think that includes Canadians , British, and Austrailians.
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Originally Posted by Armitage
Zed is how the other English people say Zee. I think that includes Canadians , British, and Austrailians.
And French too
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Z is actually ZED in the english language, Us americans don't have time to pronounce the extra sylibles so we say Zee.
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Old 06-04-2006, 09:29 AM
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only in america ....lol
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Most french canadians will say it zed. Thats how Z sounds in when said in French
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A girl from NNA called me the other day, she was quite American. She said that the call was "regarding maintenance for your 350-Zed". I almost asked her to repeat herself just to make sure I heard right.
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We're supposed to say Zed here, but in the case of 350z I thenk Zee sounds better.
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Originally Posted by cessna
Most french canadians will say it zed. Thats how Z sounds in when said in French
You are right the small population of french speakers in Canada (Quebec area) say zed,most of my home country is English and we say Z just like in the States.
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Zed sounds gheyish
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Originally Posted by Everybodywildou
As they title asks why do they call Z cars, Zeds.
cuz it's the correct way to pronounce the letter "Z".
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The irony is this thread is way too funny. The fact that most Americans don't even know how Z is pronounced everywhere else in the world is probably why it's pronounced the way it is here
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Zee sounds better in the Ayee-Bee-Cee Song.
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No personal slant... but when I heard the call letters for a rock radio station in Kansas as 93.5Zee... I almost ran off the road laughing. I asked my GF beside me what sounded more masculine... Zee or Zed... and she replied.. "sorry to say, but Zed does".

And that leads me to my next favorite question posed by a famous British comedian... Why do so many US state names end with "as"??
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Originally Posted by sq40
Z is actually ZED in the english language, Us americans don't have time to pronounce the extra sylibles so we say Zee.
ummm...they're both one syllable
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I'm Chinese and learnt to say it like "ezed" or "zed" as well
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Since it was designed in America, and American's pronounce it "Zee", and Nissan representatives refer to it as "Zee", the correct way to say it would be "350 Zee".

That aside, it would be tough to break habbits of other languages.
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