Well, Jayne, can't agree about zee and zed. I think BE scores over AE here as it's too easy to confuse Z and C when there's only the voiced/unvoiced difference.
Marion, is 'zizz' ('a zizz' or 'to zizz') used in AE? In fact,I tried to sound the z's in yours as 'zizz' at first after reading 'symphonies' as 'symphoniz' before realising the rhyme with 'symphoneez'. Had it in an early version of my stab at the Insomnia piece, but changed. Likewise, is a 'a kip' or 'to kip' known in AE? I have this in the form 'kippers' in the version I posted.
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