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From: erkyrath@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin)
Subject: Re: Z Machine: pointless question
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Trevor Barrie (tbarrie@cycor.ca) wrote:
> professor.falken@pnx.com (Greeg Falcon) wrote:
> >>Alright, I must admit that, now that I've tried it both
> >>ways, "Zed machine" sounds a lot better than "Zee machine".
> >>From now on, I will pronounce it the former way.
>
> >You really like "zed" better?  I don't know.  That just doesn't quite
> >sound right to me.
>
> Well, it never occurred to me that anybody would ever pronounce it "zee
> machine". Do people actually say "zee" outside of Sesame Street and ZZTop?

Only everyone in the USA. Jeez.

Before this thread, I never suspected that anyone said "zed-machine", 
although if I'd thought about it for three seconds I would have. (I've 
only been reading Graham Nelson's manuals for a year and a half now...)

--Z

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