Needs to be said differently:
Only Canadians would say wye wye zed. Americans and British and Scottish and Swedes and Filipinos and Mexicans and anyone else who speaks English would say wye wye zee.
British? Not in my experience.
Other English-speaking ‘zedders’ include Australians, New Zealanders, South Africans, Indians, Singaporeans, Malaysians…
Cool. Yeah, the Brits do say zed, I forgot.
Zed is the pronunciation of the letter Z in Commonwealth English. It is pronounced “zee” in American English.
Which then leads me to (and reminds me of) the Tappan Zee Bridge in New York state: the Tappan Zee (also Tappan Sea or Tappaan Zee) is a natural widening of the Hudson River, about 3 mi (5 km) across at its widest, in southeastern New York state. It derives its name from the Tappan Native American sub-tribe of the Delaware/Lenni Lenape, and the Dutch word zee, meaning a sea or a wide expanse of water. The Tappan Zee Bridge, opened in 1955 and about 3.1 mi (5 km) long, connects South Nyack in Rockland County with Tarrytown in Westchester County in the Lower Hudson Valley.
The Tappan Zee Bridge is the longest bridge in the State of New York.
In King Lear, Kent refers to zed as “thou whoreson zed! thou unnecessary letter!”
The county town of Kent in the UK is Maidstone.
UK is the commonly used shorthand for the University of Kentucky. A rival school with a superior basketball team, the University of Kansas, uses KU.
The only state that borders both Kentucky and Kansas is Missouri, which as of this writing is home to half the teams still alive in the MLB playoffs.
Elvis Presley’s 1970 hit song “Kentucky Rain” was written by Eddie Rabbit, who would later have a huge hit with “I Love A Rainy Night.”
Walt Disney’s first successful animated cartoon creation was Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Universal Studios, where he was working, took control of the character and Disney vowed never to let that happen again.
Lucky Charms cereal turns 50 years old this year, having been put on the market in 1964!!
Wiki: “The first boxes of Lucky Charms cereal contained marshmallows in the shapes of pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, and green clovers. The lineup has changed occasionally, beginning with the introduction of blue diamonds in 1975. Purple horseshoes joined the roster in 1983, followed by red balloons in 1989, green trees 1991, rainbows in 1992, pots of gold in 1994, blue moons 1995, leprechaun hats in 1997 (temporarily replaced the green clovers), orange shooting stars and around the world charms in 1998 (added blue, green, yellow, purple, and red in 2011), a crystal ball in 2001, and an hourglass in 2008. In 2013, 6 new rainbow swirl moons and 2 new rainbow charms were introduced. From the original four marshmallows, the permanent roster as of 2013 includes eight marshmallows.”
Dan Aykroyd conceived of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man for his initial script for Ghostbusters the movie. He created the character to show that “it seems harmless and puff and cute—but given the right circumstances, everything can be turned back and become evil”
The marshmallow is one of the oldest known candies. The ancient Egyptians made a confection by adding honey to the mucilaginous material that was extracted from the roots a plant that was a member of the mallow family which grew in marshy habitats.
The Florida Everglades is the world’s largest freshwater marsh. Its average depth is 6".
Jean Marsh is often considered one of Doctor Who’s companions, having traveled with him in the serial “The Dalek Masterplan.” Though she only appeared in the one serial (which usually categorizes her as a guest star), it was a twelve-episode story, so she appeared in more episodes than a few of the official companions (e.g. Kamelion).
Actress Jean Harlow, the platinum blonde bombshell sex symbol of the 1930s, died when she was only 26 years old. She died of kidney failure which may have been influenced by scarlet fever when she was 15. Jean Harlow was born in 1911 and she died in 1937.
When Jean Harlow attended a party held by snarky English aristocrat Margot Asquith, wife of one-time Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith, she mispronounced her hostess’ first name. Asquith corrected her: “No, no, Jean. The ‘t’ is silent, as in Harlow.”
Or so the story goes.
LOL! That’s a great one!
The Prime Minister H.H. Asquith, later Earl of Oxford and Asquith, was the great-grandfather of the actress Helena Bonham Carter.
NFL quarteback Earl Morrall, who died at 79 this past April, helped to save the Miami Dolphins’ perfect 1972 season when in week 5 (of the then-14 game season) when starting QB Bob Griese broke his leg. Morrall continued Miami’s inbeaten streak until Griese could return when the playoffs started. Of that Dolphins team’s 17 victories, Morrall WB’d them to 11 wins.
Morrall has been called the greatest 2nd-string QB ever, as he backed up Hall of Fame QBs Johnny Unitas, Bob Griese, Fran Tarkenton, YA Tittle and Len Dawson.