Talk:Z

Australian and South African names of Z
How do Australians and South Africans say the name of the letter? Zee or zed? --Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 04:41, 30 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Australians say Zed.--Dmol (talk) 15:04, 30 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Awesome! Thanks. (...and what about South Africans?) --Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 15:47, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

NED entry for “Z”
— I.S.M.E.T.A. 12:02, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
 * “Z” listed on page 84 of § 3 (X, Y, Z; ed. ) of part ii (V–Z, 1928) of volume X of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.)

Time
As you can see in, for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_(disambiguation)#Military_and_maritime, Z is synonymous with "UTC" and "GMT". Z_(disambiguation) states:
 * "[Z means] Zulu, the military time zone code for UTC"

--User123o987name (talk) 03:52, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

Meaning in Russian
It's now a pro-war symbol for the aggression against Ukraine: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60644832 —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:26, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Might be translingual rather than Russian, since it's not a Cyrillic letter and I hear western Nazis are also using it. (IDK; our criteria for what is translingual are a little fuzzy; I was just noticing we have two entries in Category:Canadian Translingual.) - -sche (discuss) 21:32, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I only know of sources specifically calling out "Z" in Russian. E.g. https://www.npr.org/2022/03/09/1085471200/the-letter-z-russia-ukraine And as my first source points out, most Russians are familiar with the Latin alphabet (which they do not routinely use for their language, of course). I'm interested in any other sources that point out that "Z" or "Z" in a box, circle, etc. is being used as a catch-all for war-mongering. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:54, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Most of the attested uses (especially Twitter and Instagram) are in Russian.
 * Examples: #Zaпобеду (for victory), #Zaмир (for peace), hashtags on Twitter.
 * PulauKakatua19 (talk) 00:25, 12 March 2022 (UTC)