Zed?

[SuperDave]

OK, go ahead and laugh. Here's a REALLY stupid question. All you guys refer to our Z's as "Zed" What does that mean? Where does that come from?

[cremmenga]

I'm new to the Z's also and i was wondering the same, but was afraid "some" people would jump all over me for asking that.

[Zedrally]

It's the proper pronounciation of the letter "Z" in the queens english.

you say zee we say zed.

nuff said....

MOM

[texasz]

Don't sweat it guys, I asked the same question a couple years ago when I joined this board.

[Gav240z]

it's not our fault you can't talk properly .

Just Kidding Guys.

[26th-Z]

The letter Z is pronounced many different ways in different languages. For instance, German pronounces Z as "tsett". Z has meaning also and is used to symbolize "ultimate" and conveys the idea of infinite.

[Mr Camouflage]

Yeah and I hear the french say Zen.

But what Zedrally said.

[Dlorence]

If your driving a z car thats all that matters

[e_racer1999]

actually the french say "zed". it's still a "z" to me

[dogma420]

a 240z is said two forty zee in America...everywhere else its a two forty zed and when just saying 'z' they say 'zed' that is how the alphabet z is said...esp on that continent out in the boonies, heh. in typing they should just type z but phonetically type out zed...its a cool name anyways, so I don't mind...I'm actually getting the license plate '72 ZED' so I really do like it.

[Alfadog]

I find it curious that everyone I have met from around the world knows that Americans say "ZEE", yet there are still some Americans who didn't realise most of the rest of the world says "ZED"! I blame Sesame Street!!

[Victor Laury]

Before this forum, I knew of the Zed pronunciation, but was exposed to it so scarcely, it was always a shock when I did hear it. A friend from Canada came over 4 years ago and said "Wow! Cool! A Zed car!" and it caught me off guard for a second. Nowadays, I'm immune to reaction from long association with you guys.