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?

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.

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

you say zee we say zed.

nuff said....

MOM

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

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

Just Kidding Guys.

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.

Yeah and I hear the french say Zen.

But what Zedrally said.

If your driving a z car thats all that matters

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

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.

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!!

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.