W, I don't think that Paul was trying to show that all letters are pronounced in a logical fashion <g> But it's obvious where "double u" came from, whereas "zed" is a mystery to us poor Americans smile

I had no idea it was from the Greek, but that makes sense. I mean, I'd heard of zeta, but not connected it with "zed." So that was cool. Thanks, Aurora smile

And yeah, one would hate to lose a fun name like "zed-bed" goofy Of course, the American way, we can creatively misspell "easy" as EZ smile So there are advantages each way, I'm thinking.

And they say the Internet isn't educational...

PJ


"You told me you weren't like other men," she said, shaking her head at him when the storm of laughter had passed.
He grinned at her - a goofy, Clark Kent kind of a grin. "I have a gift for understatement."
"You can say that again," she told him.
"I have a...."
"Oh, shut up."

--Stardust, Caroline K