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A question from one of my last EFL classes yesterday - since Americans use the phrase "catching zees," should we Canadians instead say "catching zeds"
 
BethAnne said:
Technically, yes we should as we pronounce it zed not zee. That said, as it's a "saying" we do tend to use zee not zed.
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Yeah, "zeds" sounds kind of weird in that context, eh. Emily Zarka, a YouTuber and university professor I follow, sometimes goes by Dr. Z and I'd pronounce that as "Dr. Zee", too. Dr. Zed sounds odd to my ear (also, she's American so 'zee' is how she would say it).
 
Mendalla said:
Yeah, "zeds" sounds kind of weird in that context, eh. Emily Zarka, a YouTuber and university professor I follow, sometimes goes by Dr. Z and I'd pronounce that as "Dr. Zee", too. Dr. Zed sounds odd to my ear (also, she's American so 'zee' is how she would say it).
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When I was young there used to be a Dr. Zed (spelt that way) in a kid's magazine (Owl? Something else?) :)
 
I went to college with a woman whose first name was Anna and whose last name started with Z. On-air she always went by "Anna Zee." She was working in Kingston last I heard
 
That Zed or as you sayed it ... let us rest and read into the depth of the abstract that isn't terribly active at either end ... but in the midst of the go round !

Reminds me of a whirl a gig ... or dervish! Something blowing in the head ... innate wind ...
 
chansen said:
I had a subscription to Owl. I think it was supposed to make me smarter. I don't think it took.
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The great Zed is a Zee, as black as anything we could slip into to stop the evils we've encountered ... it is humbling! Isn't Z an integral sign where one encounters everything unknown ? Perhaps just another despised thought along with the knowledge and wisdom of all that is afore us as a given ... what a grace said George ... the grasp slipped by!
 
chansen said:
I had a subscription to Owl. I think it was supposed to make me smarter. I don't think it took.
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We actually started on it's predecessor, The Young Naturalist or something like that. I believe it was originally started by my great-aunt, who was a retired teacher with no kids of her own.
 
There was also Chickadee magazine that was for younger readers. I may even have some old copies still in the house - no, I'm not going to go digging for them now, but will let you know if I come across any.
 
BethAnne said:
There was also Chickadee magazine that was for younger readers. I may even have some old copies still in the house - no, I'm not going to go digging for them now, but will let you know if I come across any.
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Yep, I knew it existed but we were already too old for Chickadee by the time it started so got Owl.
 
BethAnne said:
Sis is almost 5 years younger than me so we had both. :)
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My youngest brother is 8 years younger but I am not sure why we weren't getting it for him. We also got National Geographic World, their magazine for kids, along with NG itself. I was actually reading NG from a fairly young age. Probably part of why I was ahead of the curve in reading ability.
 
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