In the land of zed September 23, 2003 ~ 4:39 p.m. �Hello, may I speak to a Professor Azedian?� �Who?� �Professor Azedian � Azedian � Ay, zee �� �Zee?� �Sorry, I meant zed. Ay, zed, eee �� �No one here by that name. You must have the wrong number. Where are you calling from?� �From a university. Sorry to bother you.� �No worries. You�re from the States, aren�t you?� �Yes, sir. I am.� �Ah! Now I thought you was Canadian when you first spoke, but once you said �zee,� I thought, now this bloke must be American.� �Well, you were right.� �Funny how Americans always say so many things differently to us.� Drily: �Indeed.� �Yes � Who started that whole �zee� thing anyway? Ben Franklin, wannit?� �It was, I think. He also changed some of the spellings of words.� �Spellings?� �You know, he changed eye-ess-eee to eye-zee-eee.� �You mean eye, zed, eee.� Laughs �Oops. Well � He also took the �u� out of words like color and favor.� �One man did all that?� �He was quite the go-getter.� �Blimey � I�d say he was. How fascinating. He was one o� them � uh, constitutionalists or somfink, weren�t he?� �He was involved with the drafting of the Constitution, yes.� �So this revolutionized spelling was a result of the Revolution, eh?� �Very good.� �Gordon Bennett! I never knew all this. Now I can read an American book and think, �Ben Franklin did this.�� �Among other things, sure.� �Fancy that! Well, don�t let me keep you, I�m sure you got plenty of work.� �Not a prob, I�ll be taking my lunch break in a minute anyway. Catnap, you know? Catch some zeds.� �Don�t you mean, catch some zees, mate?� � M.E.M. [Sign My Guestbook] [View My Guestbook] Powered by E-Guestbooks Server. Copyright � 2001-2007 by M.E. Manning. All material is written by me, unless explicitly stated otherwise by use of footnotes or bylines. Do not copy or redistribute without my permission. Old Cinders | Fresh Fire AMERICA FOR TRUE AMERICANS!

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