Well...

[omicron]

What sounds better, 350"zee" or 350"zed"

Exactly.

Three Fifty Zed

[Raghavan]

My grandfather refers to the trunk as a "dicky".

[Raza]

My dad says 'bloody' and 'queue' a lot too. Also 'lorry'.

Yeah, I say "queue".

[SVT666]

Three Fifty Zed

I concur.  I also think Zed Oh Six sounds better then Zee Oh Six.  Same with Zed 28, Zed 4, and Zed 3.

[heelntoe]

My grandfather refers to the trunk as a "dicky".

i say dicky too, but our current car doesnt have one.

[The Pirate]

Yes!  My car has a dicky!

[ChrisV]

Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead.

Zee rhymes with the other letters in the ABC song, and sounds closer to the actual letter as used in a word. So that' swhy Americans say Zee (plus, as with all Webster's simplifying of the language/spelling, it was partially to differentiate it from the British usage). It also came over with the first English settlers as Zee, which then became obsolete in England, but stayed with us here in the colonies.

I can't say Zed without thinking it's some hillbilly's name.

Of course, we could flip English speakers shit for changing it from the original greek/latin zeta.   

[nickdrinkwater]

Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead.

Zee rhymes with the other letters in the ABC song, and sounds closer to the actual letter as used in a word. So that' swhy Americans say Zee (plus, as with all Webster's simplifying of the language/spelling, it was partially to differentiate it from the British usage). It also came over with the first English settlers as Zee, which then became obsolete in England, but stayed with us here in the colonies.

I can't say Zed without thinking it's some hillbilly's name.

Of course, we could flip English speakers shit for changing it from the original greek/latin zeta.   

It's Zed, not Zee 

[ChrisV]

It's Zed, not Zee 

It's Zeta, not Zed.

[MX793]

I concur.  I also think Zed Oh Six sounds better then Zee Oh Six.  Same with Zed 28, Zed 4, and Zed 3.

But 300 "Zed Ex" sounds retarded.

I will admit that there is one nice aspect to saying "Zed" instead of "Zee".  Over the phone, "Zee" sounds a lot like "See" (C), which can lead to confusion.  If somebody says "Zed" when spelling out a word over the phone, you won't confuse it for another letter.

[TheIntrepid]

I say 300 Zed Ex... Zed oh six... but the 350 is a Zee.

[Michael Estorol]

reminds me of a radio phone-in I heard 20-odd years ago, when a caller was asked about his favourite music:

" uh, I really like Zed Zed Top..."

[ro51092]

My grandfather refers to the trunk as a "dicky".

Most people from India do.

[heelntoe]

^^ because boot doesnt seem right in vernacular conversation. imagine someone saying open the dicky and open the boot.

[Tave]

Zed 3.

Ew. Zee-Three flows much better.

[Raza]

I still say "zed".

[SVT_Power]

I still say "zed".

[ro51092]

I still say "zed".

That's because you are a weird British-wannabe 

[SVT666]

I still say "zed".

[SaltyDog]

reminds me of a radio phone-in I heard 20-odd years ago, when a caller was asked about his favourite music:

" uh, I really like Zed Zed Top..."

[Raza]

But 300 "Zed Ex" sounds retarded.

I will admit that there is one nice aspect to saying "Zed" instead of "Zee".  Over the phone, "Zee" sounds a lot like "See" (C), which can lead to confusion.  If somebody says "Zed" when spelling out a word over the phone, you won't confuse it for another letter.

I notice when talking about cars, I readily say "Zed", but when I am talking about other things, I hesitate for a moment and then say "Zee" so I don't have to repeat myself to people.  My street address has a z in it, and I always have to spell it out to people.  I switch between the two.  Just like route...I say "rowt" when I am just saying the word, but "root" when I say "Route 1" or "Route 66". 

[TheIntrepid]

For me it depends on what I'm talking about. There are no basic rules which explain in when I say Zed and when I say Zee.

[SVT666]

I say "zee" only when talking to an American client who says, "What?" everytime I say Zed.  Same thing goes for parkade and parking garage.

[Rupert]

I kinda like zeta...

[Raza]

I say "zee" only when talking to an American client who says, "What?" everytime I say Zed.  Same thing goes for parkade and parking garage.

There was a scene in Due South where Fraser could tell what keys Ray was typing, and he would correct him.

"That's a zed."
"What's a ZED!?"
"A zee!"


It's funnier when you watch the show.

[JYODER240]

So Raza when are we going to see more pics?

[Raza]

So Raza when are we going to see more pics?

[JYODER240]

Are those Continental ContiSportContact 2's? How do you like them?

[The Pirate]

I have Continentals on my bike. 


Watch out, my bike now has something in common with a Porsche!

[Raza]

Are those Continental ContiSportContact 2's? How do you like them?

They've been fine so far.