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- Is “zzzzz” the most common spelling to represent a person sleeping?
Closed 12 years ago What is the most common or correct spelling of "zzzzz"? (1) zzzzz (5 letters) (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
- How did the letter Z come to be associated with sleeping snoring?
"How and when did the letter Z become to be associated with sleeping?" 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! A
- Why is the English sound for sleeping zzzzzzzzzzz? : r . . . - Reddit
Seeing zzzzz just looks like either a buzz, or zedzedzedzedzed to me But in the American pronunciation of Z, 'zee', this reads like zeeeeeeee, which almost sounds like the exhalation of a snore, or inhalation through a blocked nostril
- ELI5: Why are Zs associated with sleeping? - Reddit
"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! A Dictionary of Comic Book Words, Symbols Onomatopoeia, 2008's Comic books: how
- 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?
- What does ZZZ mean? : r leagueoflegends - Reddit
trueDepends It's supposed to be ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ (korean keyboard equivalent of lololol) which is mapped to the z key on english keyboards Korean players say zz instead of lol Some non-Koreans have adopted this, and some say zzz to indicate boredom because they don't understand what zzz actually is Reply reply [deleted] • Comment deleted by user Reply reply [deleted] •
- Why does the letter zzzzz represent sleeping? - Reddit
Zzz is an onomatopoeic representation of snoring It was commonly used in media where sound effects were not an option, notably in comic books That's where it got its association with sleeping, even though it wasn't the only device used to symbolize snoring
- ELI5: How did ZZzZZzzz come to represent sleep and how did . . . - Reddit
ELI5: How did "ZZzZZzzz" come to represent sleep and how did it become so common?
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