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JD001 · 04-21-2022, 01:09 PM

Today I learned that the current allocation of GR86s for the UK sold out in 90minutes.. and that Toyota is only planning a 2 year production run...

BTW, no BRZeeeeees for the UK as we can't pronounce the name properly, we keep calling it the BRZed!

I am onto a future classic, keeping my BRZed, it's non-original but pampered!!

gen3v8 · 04-21-2022, 01:28 PM

Z is dead. So E Z

Tcoat · 04-21-2022, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by JD001

Today I learned that the current allocation of GR86s for the UK sold out in 90minutes.. and that Toyota is only planning a 2 year production run...

BTW, no BRZeeeeees for the UK as we can't pronounce the name properly, we keep calling it the BRZed!

I am onto a future classic, keeping my BRZed, it's non-original but pampered!!

We get them and we call them zeds as well.

Stephen W. · 04-23-2022, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by JD001

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BTW, no BRZeeeeees for the UK as we can't pronounce the name properly, we keep calling it the BRZed!
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That's soooo funny coming from you because in proper British English (as I was taught) it's pronounced zed.
The English language uses a Latin based alphabet, which derives many of its letters, including Z, from the Greek. The Greek word for the letter Z is zeta, which is pronounced with a zed sound not a zee sound.

Tcoat · 04-23-2022, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Stephen W.

That's soooo funny coming from you because in proper British English (as I was taught) it's pronounced zed.
The English language uses a Latin based alphabet, which derives many of its letters, including Z, from the Greek. The Greek word for the letter Z is zeta, which is pronounced with a zed sound not a zee sound.

Only the US say Zeeee

JD001 · 04-23-2022, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Stephen W.

That's soooo funny coming from you because in proper British English (as I was taught) it's pronounced zed.
The English language uses a Latin based alphabet, which derives many of its letters, including Z, from the Greek. The Greek word for the letter Z is zeta, which is pronounced with a zed sound not a zee sound.

I was taking the piss.. we call it "what's that car?" The Subaru badge really confuses people as they're so conditioned, seeing the Impreza with turbos and four wheel drive, just don't understand the BRZ'ed..

Ultramaroon · 04-23-2022, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

Only the US say Zeeee

86-75309 · 04-23-2022, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

Only the US say Zeeee

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/zed

Apparently there was a time in the 17th century where some Brits said "zee". I guess they all moved to the colonies.

Dadhawk · 04-23-2022, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Stephen W.

The Greek word for the letter Z is zeta, which is pronounced with a zed sound not a zee sound.

So only frat boy and sorority girls really say it correctly then?

Well and the Greeks I assume....

Dadhawk · 04-23-2022, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by 86-75309

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/zed

Apparently there was a time in the 17th century where some Brits said "zee". I guess they all moved to the colonies.

That's where it goes back to the US has a 17th century British accent when they speak and the Brits us a newer "British" accent that developed in the early 1800s as they emulated the popular phrasing used by the Royals at that time.

Sapphireho · 04-23-2022, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Dadhawk

That's where it goes back to the US has a 17th century British accent when they speak and the Brits us a newer "British" accent that developed in the early 1800s as they emulated the popular phrasing used by the Royals at that time.

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86-75309 · 04-23-2022, 10:16 PM

I say aluminum, you say aluminium, let's call the whole thing off.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/word...m-vs-aluminium

Ultramaroon · 04-23-2022, 10:28 PM

JD001 · 04-24-2022, 07:58 AM

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FFS!! Watched the whole family saga.. didn't hear it.. now fucking well zed!!

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