[sdiy] (slightly OT?) Analog vs. Analogue - opinions needed

[David G. Dixon]

> "ZEE" or "ZED" as the 26th letter of the alphabet?  Well, "zed" has a
> French origin (zede) which came from the Greek "zeta".  I will flip a
> coin on that one.

Here's the deal with "zee": Noah Webster stated uncategorically in his
authoritative dictionary of 1828 that the letter Z was pronounced "zee" and
thus set this peculiarly American tradition in stone.  His reasons were very
simple: the "Alphabet song" (you know, the one set to Mozart's "Twinkle
Twinkle Little Star" theme) only rhymes if Z is pronounced "zee".
Therefore, for the sake of all those little American children learning their
ABCs, "zee" it had to be!

True story.