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- How did the letter Z come to be associated with sleeping snoring?
First of all, zzzz (or z-z-z-z) is sound of snoring, from at least 1918 (Sometimes "a tiny saw cutting through a log" [1948] would be used, and both the snore and saw would make the same z-z-z-z sound ) Over time, this became associated with sleep in general, but most comic reference books (e g 2006's KA-BOOM!
- Is “zzzzz” the most common spelling to represent a person sleeping?
(2) zzzz (4 letters) (3) zzz (3 letters) My question stems from when I first wrote it as "zzzzz" (5 letters) in an English text, but a friend told me it should have been written as "zzzz" (4 letters) so I decided to ask here More confusion arises from the following source because Susan Ince, the journalist, uses "zzz" (3 letters):
- 为什么睡觉一直用zzz来代表？起源于哪？ - 知乎
Z用来表示睡觉（有时候用“ZZZ”或“ZZZZ”表示），是因为人闭嘴打鼾（closed-mouth human snoring，说实话此处我理解不能，闭嘴还能打鼾的情况真没有见过，或者有专门的医学释义？）发出的声音类似Z的发音。
- 为什么 「Zzz……」表示睡着了？ - 知乎
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- 为什么睡觉时候配字幕是zzzzz？ - 知乎
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- etymology - Origins of zzzzz (indicating sleep) - English Language . . .
It is common to use zzzzz (or some other number of z letters) to indicate that the "speaker" is asleep What is the origin of such a usage?
- 为什么漫画中都用「Z」代表睡着？ - 知乎
Zzzz是漫画符号之一，由来已久 上世纪中前期，美国的漫画、动画 影响力遍及全球，Z代表“睡着”这点也随之深入人心 “zzz”是打鼾行为的拟声词，发音近似 嘶~嘶~嘶~、叽~叽~叽~（zi zi zi）
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