# Zed **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [June 2, 2005, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zed/306519 "2005-06-02T07:35:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zed/306519/21 "2005-06-07T06:41:52Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Sure you can. Two eighth notes for every quarter note. Of course you really mean two quavers for every crotchet. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zed/306519/22 "2005-06-07T20:01:30Z")
The \*letter \*zed? I thought this was a \*\*Zardoz \*\*appreciation thread… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DogMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@DogMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DogMom)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zed/306519/23 "2005-06-08T14:27:24Z")
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#): > > Yeah, but you can’t sing the phonetic alphabet. Oh, **thank you very much.** I read this yesterday and vast portions of my demented brain decided to devote themselves to this very problem. Even though I tried to think of other things, noooo, my brain had to obsess about it. It works to “Yellow Rose of Texas”, and I hope you get it stuck in your head as badly as I have it now. \*Al-pha, Bra-vo, Char-lie, Del-ta and E-CHO, Fox-trot, Golf and HO-tel, then there’s IN-di-a. Ju-liet, Ki-lo, Li-ma, Mike and No-vem-BER, Os-car, Pa-pa, QUE-bec\* And there’s RO-me-o. Sier-ra, Tang-o, U-ni-form Vic-tor and Whis-key And of cou-ourse X-ray, Yank-ee and Zu-luuuuuuuu.\* \*This only works if you pronounce it QUEE-bec. Deal. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zed/306519/24 "2005-06-15T19:25:48Z")
> [@](#): > > “c” as in “Celt,” Unless you’re in Boston, the “c” is hard. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zed/306519/25 "2005-06-22T22:25:09Z")
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#): > > Pee in the bath is completely unsanitary, **Mangetout** , and you know that every bath contract has an unsanitary clause. Maybe so, but a fart in the bathtub (Flubbubble) is a lot more fun. 'Specially when you light them. 😉 P.S, One’s farts get better amplificaton in a cast iron tub than in a plastic one. Reverb and all that. Farts in the shower don’t count. Just my bit to fight fart ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zed/306519/26 "2005-06-22T23:30:57Z")
> [@Tierce](#): > > And while we’re at it, is it Lima (lye’-ma) as in beans, or Lima (lee’-ma) as in Peru? It’s lee-ma, but Lima Beans originated in Peru… why is there a difference in the (American\*) pronunciation? \*They’re called _butter beans_ here in the Kingdom of Butter, so no such confusion exists. ---
**Author:** ![MMI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@MMI](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MMI)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zed/306519/27 "2005-06-30T16:44:58Z")
> [@RiverRunner](#): > > For my part, I spell out things like that all the time: you know, ‘“p” as in “psychiatrist,” “k” as in “knee,” “e” as in “ess,” “s” as in “sea,” “c” as in “Celt,” “g” as in “gnosis,” “w” as in “writhe,” “m” as in “mnemonic.”’ > RR No. “c” as in “czar”, “t” as in “tsar” ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2005, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zed/306519/28 "2005-06-30T22:10:05Z")
And don’t forget (as someone phonetically spelled to me today) I as in eye and U as in you. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zed/306519/29 "2005-07-01T04:55:16Z")
I remember (well, only the first few letters) an alphabet song in German that was very catchy. It was very like the normal “ABCDEFG” song in English, but with a german pronunciation of th eletters. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zed/306519/30 "2005-07-01T20:35:52Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > It’s lee-ma, but Lima Beans originated in Peru… why is there a difference in the (American\*) pronunciation? There’s a Lima, New York, pronounced like the bean. Maybe all Limas in America are pronounced that way, old bean. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zed/306519.md?page=1)