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03-02-2010, 04:06 PM
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Hmm, that's interesting Jayne. I never thought of that.
Do you Brits have the expression 'making z's'? But then, if you pronounced it 'making zeds' it wouldn't make sense, would it, because it's the 'zee' sound rather than the letter 'z' that matters here.
Lucy's allowed some of my Yankeeisms--though she does correct my spellings--so she might let this through. (Assuming she'd let it through anyway!)
Bob's shortened version might make this a moot point however.
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03-02-2010, 04:32 PM
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Hi Marion,
Zee makes much more sense than zed;
I wish that we said zee instead!
I'm knackered, so I'm off to bed.
(10.30pm here and I've had a hard day, with another busy one tomorrow.)
See you anon......ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZ
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03-02-2010, 05:13 PM
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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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03-03-2010, 02:38 PM
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Jerome,
You disagreed with me over this:
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Originally Posted by Jayne Osborn
Zee makes much more sense than zed;
I wish that we said zee instead!
I'm knackered, so I'm off to bed.
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I have to say that it was just a bit of daftness; don't take me so seriously!
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03-03-2010, 03:13 PM
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Remember what John Lennon used to say to Julian when they had their family dinners? "All I am saying is give peas a chance."
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03-09-2010, 11:28 AM
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Zees and Zeds
If you make zees at night your spouse
might send you packing from the house;
but if you lie there making zeds
you could wake up with a broken head.
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03-09-2010, 01:27 PM
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I heard the British don't say zee.
No, what they say is zed.
I wonder if this means they also
call a bee a bed?
How gruesome it would sound if they
did not say dee, but dead.
The way the British talk sometimes
seems awfully strange to med.
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