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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 11:59 am
by loefah
juliun_c90 wrote:mala calls it 'dee em zee'.
settled?
....well bwoy...i say dee em zed....
Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 12:37 pm
by bushby
triac wrote:Mr Hyde wrote:Jim Beats wrote:Joseph-J wrote:We're not American. Its zed.
But DMZ is US slang innit.....
is it?
Well, it stands for de-militarized zone, and abbreviating it to DMZ is a US ting. And the UK doesn't do DMZs to the same extent the US does (Gibraltar vs Korea/Vietnam)....
Surely you mean De-Militari
sed Zone
Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 1:46 pm
by triac
bushby wrote:Surely you mean De-Militarised Zone
Nope, I mean De-Militari
zed - as defined in the OED and in common US usage.
http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/ ... e?view=get
Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:04 pm
by bushby
Damn you and your experts!

Re: DMZed or DMZee
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 9:59 am
by 150Grams
8 years..
Re: DMZed or DMZee
Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 12:26 am
by titchbit
been wondrin about dis myself recently. seen a lot of interviews where they say "d-m-zed' and i'm like what who talks like this?
i guess i've been saying it wrong this whole time.
Re: DMZed or DMZee
Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 1:37 am
by Lye_Form
Deeh Hem Zadoo
imo
Re: DMZed or DMZee
Posted: Sun May 11, 2014 12:48 am
by dickman69
i had a calculus teacher from england who said zed
sounded fucking dumb
Re: DMZed or DMZee
Posted: Sun May 11, 2014 6:48 am
by outbound
Zee for sureeee
Re: DMZed or DMZee
Posted: Sun May 11, 2014 8:36 pm
by ehbes
zee
Re: DMZed or DMZee
Posted: Sun May 11, 2014 8:42 pm
by DJoe
DJ EZ is dj e-zed and he was there first so must be d m zed
Re: DMZed or DMZee
Posted: Thu May 15, 2014 2:04 am
by Jizz
Honestly one of the most profound threads ive ever read
Re: DMZed or DMZee
Posted: Thu May 15, 2014 2:17 am
by OGLemon
69
Re: DMZed or DMZee
Posted: Thu May 15, 2014 3:16 pm
by Direflow
im american so i say zee
Re: DMZed or DMZee
Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 12:49 am
by kaili
i say zee even tho im english. i always say zee probs coz of watching dragonball ZEE as a kid loool