Zombie Pitt Stop in Glasgow

[Jimmy]

Hollywood has come to Glasgow, at present and until the end of the month, Glasgow is substituting for the American City of Philladelphia (is spelling correct?).
World War Z is being film in Glasgow, and until the end of the month, George Square and several streets in the city centre have been turned into streets resembilng Philli with American street names, road signs, lamposts and the like. It is said that the city of Glasgow's streets and grid system resemble that of the American City.

The star of the film is none other than Hollywood ''A'' lister, Brad Pitt who is at present dodging the rain showers in between filming, he'll love our weather!

So after '' the Worlds'', we have another major attraction.

Debate is going on here about the pronunciation of the Z in the film's title, we pronounce ''Z'' as zed but Americans say zee, what is the correct pronounciation of the film's title?

[KWD]

it is Zee

[Nick the DSM]

I cannot wait for the movie to come out!

[castledangerous]

Philly, not Philli

[Jimmy]

it is Zee

We will see what we they pronounce it over here when it is released.
I don't know if this is true or not but the film requires hundreds of Zombie extras and it is planned to recruit these extras on Saturday night in Glasgow when the pubs come out?

[Mike_Oettle]

Zee, Zed – it all depends on which side of the Atlantic you are. And even Canadians (or many of them) say Zed.

[kc8ufv]

Zee, Zed – it all depends on which side of the Atlantic you are. And even Canadians (or many of them) say Zed.

NATO phonetic alphabet says "Zulu". I've also heard the last letter of the Roman alphabet as --..

[Mike_Oettle]

Yes, Zulu in that context is something I learned in 1968 when I was a troopie (trainee soldier).
But using it in South Africa is confusing, because the amaZulu are one of the peoples of this country.
Uniform, Victor, Whisky, X-Ray and Yankee are less ambiguous (although Yankee may carry ambiguities for Americans).
Regards,
Mike

[Spc. Scott]

Well the zombies get called "zeds" a few times in the book. Neat little read BTW if you like that kind of thing.

[Nick the DSM]

Written by Mel Brook's son, Max.