Ok guys We had a poll in the ski-doo forum on what people say. Mx zee or Mx zed. Now what I was woundering is If this is decided by the way it sounds or the way you were taught. I think that Mxzee sounds better then Mxzed. On the oposite side I think Zed R sounds better then Zee R. What do you boys think?

http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif It is Zed R where i am from!!! http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif *http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif *Zee r sounds goofy
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Zed is a name of a guy that chews tabbaco,drives an old Ford pick up,has no teeth,has a dog named Jake and lives in the sawth. http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif *http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

When you Canucks say the alphabet,when you get to Z,do you say Zed *http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sleepy.gif *http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sleepy.gif *Its Zeeeeeeeee *http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/exclamation.gif *http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/exclamation.gif

Wow, I'm surprised of the results. *I figure it will change with more responses. *As you know from the other poll, it's a matter of the founding language spoken. *English = Zee, French = Zed

LOL *Around here it's Zee. *jayjay may have a point with that english vs. french way of saying it.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (mxz7 @ July 05, 2002, 06:09am)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Zed is a name of a guy that chews tabbaco,drives an old Ford pick up,has no teeth,has a dog named Jake and lives in the sawth. http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif *http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

When you Canucks say the alphabet,when you get to Z,do you say Zed *http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sleepy.gif *http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sleepy.gif *Its Zeeeeeeeee *http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/exclamation.gif *http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/exclamation.gif[/b][/quote]
yup...we say zed at the end of our alphabet

As in Pulp Fiction;

"Who&#39;s chopper?"
"Zed&#39;s&#39;
"Who is Zed?"
"Zed&#39;s dead baby. Zed&#39;s dead."

Mxz7 never got into Zed&#39;s social activities

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Here in the Motors, it&#39;s Zed 71, Zed 28 & Zed 62 (This was the option code for Sierra Grande pickups).

When the guys are up from the States, it drives them up the wall http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif *http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

I ride a Zee R, but if you want to ride your Zed R that&#39;s o.k. by me.

Its Zed r where I am from too. All you yanks say Zee r. http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif *http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

Sorry Frenchies, but there is no letter "Zed" in the english language it is a "Z". Arctic Cat and GM are American Companies so the correct pronunciation is "Zee R" and "Zee 71." Otherwise Cat would have written ZED800 like EXT600. But hey, if that is how you talk so be it. But let&#39;s not debate the correct pronunciation. I read somewhere that the "Z" is the first letter of the last name of the original designer or something like that, right?

From where I see it, it is "Zee aRe", being that AC is an American company, and that is the way that *I think* they intended it to be. *As for Bombardier, I believe it is okay to say "eM eX Zed", being that it is what I&#39;ll call a "French" company.

All in all, I think it shouldn&#39;t matter, a language is a language, if we all had the same language, Americans couldn&#39;t make fun of people.

Since there&#39;s no official language in the U.S., I think we can&#39;t say for sure if it is &#39;zee&#39; or &#39;zed&#39;. *&#39;Zee&#39; is just more common since most of us speak American. *Correct me if I&#39;m wrong, but don&#39;t they say &#39;zed&#39; in England, too?

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (mcali17 @ July 08, 2002, 1:04pm)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Sorry Frenchies, but there is no letter "Zed" in the english language it is a "Z". Arctic Cat and GM are American Companies so the correct pronunciation is "Zee R" and "Zee 71." Otherwise Cat would have written ZED800 like EXT600. But hey, if that is how you talk so be it. But let&#39;s not debate the correct pronunciation. I read somewhere that the "Z" is the first letter of the last name of the original designer or something like that, right?[/b][/quote]
You got a good point ! since bombardier is canadian you should all cal it mach zed or mx zed ! *I am glad you pointed it out like that !

Oh yeah Zed24 sounds alot better then Zee24 and yes my alphabet end&#39;s with Zed !

Ok guys, let&#39;s invite PurpleZRT and turn this into a war between the US and Canada. *Just kiddin&#39;. *Hope this doesn&#39;t upset any moderators.

I say Zee *everything, but I guess I never knew anyone else said anything different.
Pronounce it how you want. It&#39;s still fun to ride &#39;em, either way!

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</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (zrgreen @ July 06, 2002, 06:05am)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I ride a Zee R, but if you want to ride your Zed R that&#39;s o.k. by me.[/b][/quote]
i always read your name as zedrgreen!

Hey, Zee, Zed, its all good. But then my question is, do you go to a Zoo to see the animals or to you go to a Zedoo?? And is your name Zack or Zedack?? Whatever... I worked with a couple of people from Canada, they think we talk funny, we think they talk funny, eh? When it comes to sledding, and *push comes to shove, we all speak the same language in the end.

Yeah, we all understand &#39;"braaaapp"

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (mcali17 @ July 12, 2002, 3:16pm)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Hey, Zee, Zed, its all good. But then my question is, do you go to a Zoo to see the animals or to you go to a Zedoo?? And is your name Zack or Zedack??[/b][/quote]
Ok that is just silly now. We are are talking about individual pronunciations not as part of a work because when you slap that Z into a word we say it the same way. *http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/withstupid.gif

Boy What did I start around here?? I am suprised so many people say zee R. *Man does that sound funny. Do you guys say Zee 71 also? Like come on now. Zee 71 sounds like the girls version of the Zed 71.

Say it the way the people who made it say it. ZR: ZEE ARE.

Funny thing though, with all of the French influences in Canada, Why do you rponounce the French word FILET with a T at the end? The Frenchies don&#39;t. LOL

Canadia is Coolia yesssah!

I am a thermal printer tech and i often have to call Zebra, as i fix thoes printers !

They are located in the US so when i call they always ask me for what printer im calling and my answer is always *Zee4000 or Zee6000 and the guy always says What ? you mean a Zed4000 ! *

We can go on and on with this, it just depends where you live !

Another way to look at it is.....
Does the alphabet go
aed
bed
ced
ded
eed
fed?

does it go

Aee

Fee

Hee

Iee

Jee

Kee

etc.........

Some do, others are like jay.

Now where poking fun at the difference between the way Canadians and Americans talk?

Where is the snow y&#39;all!

Up here in Canada eh!

This turned out to be fun. *But I have to say, I drive a Zee 71, a Zee 06, and ride a Zee R. *Now, pardon me, I&#39;m fixin&#39; to warsh them all. *http://www.snowmobileworld-s2.com/forums/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

Hey, who cares how you say it. Should matter how is sounds when is goes BY!!!! *Let the sled speak for it self!

Arctic Cat does make the ZED R,
Bomby makes the MX ZED
Chevy makes the Zed71
OUR ALPHABET does end with ZED
AND I AM CANADIAN

Mine makes a ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE sound when it goes by, then it coughs and quits...JK

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I wonder what kind of noise smiley above is making?

Lol.

Anyway I ran into that Zed vs. Zee arguement when in Canada the other year talking to an attractive waitress. *When I mentioned the spelling of ZED for the pronounciation and she countered with ZEE, it got me thinking. *The common pronounciation between the two must be the correct. *

So none of us use the correct pronounciation of Z. *The only person who correctly pronounced Z was the DJ in the movie "The 5th Element" when he hushed the others. *He said *ZZZZZ, *only pronouncing the Z portion without adding ED or EE. *Almost a s sound.

(My humble addition to the controversy.)

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Greg

The Z is the sizzle sound you hear when the sled flies by.