Zed is dead.

Jun 24, 2024 15:27

The BBC had some dire programme on the upcoming election "Generation Z and voting", they misprounced it as Zee (US accent). Zee is taking over from Zed in Irish schools also. In a few decades will it be Zee ( Read more... )

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RE: Lindsey Eastwood. ron_broxted June 24 2024, 14:30:16 UTC


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jubelhunden June 24 2024, 14:47:13 UTC
Imagine Bill Shakespeare comes to modern London and wonders why love doesn't rhyme with blood any longer.

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Ellen J Stow ron_broxted June 24 2024, 15:10:25 UTC

Linguistic shift, innit!

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Re: Ellen J Stow jubelhunden June 24 2024, 15:20:22 UTC
Indeed, who are we after all? Mere animals who evolved ability to use lingvistic shit for communication.

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RE: Re: Ellen J Stow ron_broxted June 24 2024, 15:47:28 UTC

Echt. Pravda.

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madman101 June 24 2024, 15:41:47 UTC

That's very interesting. What were Americas calling it prior?

But, if Americans, who had been saying Zed already, misread the war Spaniards Zed as Zee, why? Were ANY Americans saying Zee before the war? If so why? Was that an earlier corruption?

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Laurence Fox and GB News. ron_broxted June 24 2024, 15:48:37 UTC

LA Los An'h'eles - Spanish original pronounciation.

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livejournal June 24 2024, 16:28:26 UTC
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Boy A and Boy B, Ana Kriegel murder, man arrested. ron_broxted June 24 2024, 17:39:34 UTC

Bolshoi spasiba, Merci beaucopu, Thanks.

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Zed is dead pigshitpoet June 26 2024, 06:39:52 UTC
zed is dead
that's a bruce willis line in pulp fiction before he rides of on his motorcycle @ 1:50min

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RE: Zed is dead ron_broxted June 26 2024, 10:49:13 UTC

Glad you got the allusion! Alas, no prizes today.

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RE: Zed is dead pigshitpoet June 27 2024, 01:33:28 UTC
yaaay!! i win!
; ))

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RE: Zed is dead ron_broxted June 27 2024, 10:13:11 UTC

You win, I win, we all win!!

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