you guys call it a 350 Zed?

"How Wierd"

 

lol... did you also know that in Canada:

1. a McDonald's Big 'n Tasty is known as a Big Xtra
2. color is colour
3. a loonie is a one dollar piece
4. a toonie is a two dollar piece
5. ... and here's the big list: http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/~steffan/canadianisms.html

Most of that site is true... although it's still a stereotype that Canadians say "eh" alot and pronounce the word "about", "aboot"...

AND, if you watch hockey: yes most Canadians hate Don Cherry just as much as you do :P

 

thats no stereotype, I speak with some people in canada, they cant finish a sentence without "EHhhhh"

 

I'm Canadian, Don Cherry for Prime Minister Eh!!!

 

Zed is not only Canadian, I've heard other people reference it that was as well from other countries.

 

australia and new zealand and england also say zed

 

People in Western Canada definitely say "eh" .

In fact, I went on a kayaking trip up around Victoria Island, and after about 3 days I was also saying "eh" all the time.

One of my roommates in "university" (most call it college in the US) was from Hong Kong, and he'd always be asking me if he could borrow a "rubber". If you don't realize that it means "eraser", it can lead to some interesting times, let me tell you! Oh yeah, this came to mind because he also said "Zed" and would get on my case when I mispronounced "aluminium". Sound it out and see what I mean. For much of the world, it's a five syllable word. Crazy, I know, but true.

BTW, for those of you freaks from strange foreign lands, a "rubber" in the states often refers to a condom.

-D'oh!

 

Well, as long as you know what they're talking "A-Boat"

Wow, only 18-19 to drink? I know where I'm going for spring break.

Cola made with sugar instead of corn syrup? Anybody ever tried it? Good or Bad?

 

I actually learned about the term Zed from this board awhile ago. I asked to see what the Zed emblem looks like, but no one was able to produce it.

 

Well , South Africans also call it the Zed...

What do you call it then???!!!

 

The Z.

 

Americans pronounce it "Zee"... the rest of the world says "Zed".

But Americans are always right...






PS - The rest of the 4.7 billion people (5 bill' minus the Yanks) use the Metric system too.

 

Zed is proper english guys. I posted this on an earlier thread. Dem doggon Americans are the ones that changed the "proper" english language. Ask any Brit to pronounce the letter Z and they will say Zed. Its just proper english.
Did you know that in America, a roof is called a ruf? I always thought that ruf was a Porsche tuner until I went to the States. Anyway, bottom line is that Zed is correct. I wonder if people in Japan call the car "Fairlady Zed". Anyone in Japan want to comment?
Thanks

 

AND... at least when some says "Thanks!" to us we say "You're welcome!" not "Uh huh."


Don't mind me....... I'm just pokin' fun in return....... we're all friends here.

 

AND...

You gotta see this:

Molson Canadian - MAN ON THE MOON

And this is what we do to Yanks who complain about how we supposedly talk:

Molson Canadian - NO DOOT

 

OH CANADA! LOL

 

The best one is the one where the guy is in the bar holding a big fur coat and the American says "oh, look at the Canadian...fur trader." and then the guys hot girlfriend comes and he puts the jacket on her.

But like RRIT said "It's all in good fun". Just like the song "Blame Canada"

 

that vid is a riot - what a great wakeup laugh. Gotta love our northern neighbors ;-)

 

Japanese call it "Zetto" which, I guess, sounds closer to Zed than our Zee. But anyway, that's their way of pronouncing the letter Z.

Oh, and I wrote Zetto but it's prounounced like Zet-toe.

 

I thought we were suppose to convert to the metric system 5 years ago. I remeber reading it in the LA Times.