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Why is the letter Z associated with sleep?

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/3063/why-is-the-letter-z-associated-with-sleep

by friggeri • 14 years ago

27 5 14 years ago

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corin_2• 14 years ago

"you know what they call sleeping in the UK? Catching some zeds."

We do? Literally never heard that, not a single time.

As to the fact that it comes from snoring... am I the only one who thought it was obvious as soon as I read the title?

bitdiffusion• 14 years ago

Not a word, exactly, but certainly a variation of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopoeia

hnriot• 14 years ago

z in the US is pronounced zee, in the UK zed, so certainly not an example of onomatopoeia for Brits, or a particularly good example for Americans. It's certainly a stretch to attribute it this way.

Peroni• 14 years ago

Here's a more pertinent question:

Why is this on the front page?

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