I'm new -what does ZED mean?

[Alfadog]

Aussie slang urgghhh

CRIKEY !

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ROFL

Hey there Alfadog,

Aussie slang is GREAT MATE.

I had a lot of practice back in '65/'66. We'd get in amongst a mob of Septic tanks, (YANKS), and they'd only understand every second or third word. (Sometimes we'd have to explain the second or third words as well).

We realy need to educate ALL Aussies in the art of Aussie slang.

The way we're going, it'll be the only thing we have left that IS Australian.

Don't misunderstand, I LIKE YANKS. Only ever met one I didn't like. Yanks are almost as nice as us Aussies.

Now for the real reason why septic tanks mispronounce Zed.

It makes the alphabet rhyme.

a B C D E f G

h i j k l m n o P

q r s T u V

w x y Zeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Ha, Ha. Got you Yanks on that one.

Rick.

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Hey Gav,

There's one thing that's worse than a Yank trying to sound like an Aussie.

That's an Aussie singer trying to sound like a Yank.

Rick.

[Ken]

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You mention the period 65/66, would this happen to be in the area north of Vung Tau, ( diggers & kewei's) RVN ?

[Mr Camouflage]

Originally posted by LEE240ZPERTH

Hi Dero

You say "it's zee car" makes you sound like a frenchmanLOL

I believe the french say Zen.

Mr C.

[Mr Camouflage]

Originally posted by Ken

You mention the period 65/66, would this happen to be in the area north of Vung Tau, ( diggers & kewei's) RVN ?

I think you mean Kiwis

Mr C

[Ivan]

Just for the record, Kiwi's pronounce it Zed as well.

[dero]

its zee you arrogant australian

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Hey there Dero,

Yes, mate, we may be just a tad arrogant at times but, We're LOVEABLE all the time.

:love: Your ZED.

Rick

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ROFL

Hey Mr. C,

Thanks for straightening out Ken on the correct spelling of KIWIS.

Now, if we can only educate the rest of 'em

:love: Your ZED (not zee)

Rick.

[HS30-H]

Hi there Dero,

Is your username short for "Derogatory"......................? Calm down and think about it this way;

This whole debate about who is right and who is wrong is missing the point.

Naturally Americans will use their local pronunciation, just as ( arrogant? ) Englishmen like myself will use their own local pronunciation. So will all the other nations of the world, won't they? Its like the difference between English pronunciation "Paris" and the French pronunciation which sounds like "Paree". Naturally, the French version must be regarded as the original - but we are not really "wrong" to pronounce it differently in English.

But surely the whole point here is that the S30-series Z ( the FIRST series of Nissan / Datsun car with the "Z" nomenclature ) is a JAPANESE car - so only the Japanese pronunciation can truly be correct. Arguing the difference between the English, American, French, Australian, New Zealand and who knows where else's version seems rather like contemplating the tits on a bull.............

Can't we all see this without starting flame-offs?

Alan T.

ps - don't ask me to romanise the Japanese pronunciation of the letter "Z" accurately - as it can't really be done. The closest you can get to how they say it is "ze-tto", in two syllables.

[HS30-H]

By the way, I'm old enough to remember Americans pronouncing Porsche as "Por-shay"..................!!