Wednesday 4 January 2017

ZED FOR ZEBRA

In Australia, as in the UK, we call the last letter of the alphabet "Zed", rather than "Zee" as usage dictates in America. Here's my poem (with apologies to Edward Lear):

 Zed was a zappy zebra,
All striped with white and black;
And if he were a tame one,
You might ride on his back.

 Instead, the road he crosses,
Carefully as he should,
Observing traffic bylaws,
And all for his own good!

 Be you like the canny zebra
And cross as wise as he;
The road is shared by all with care,
I think we all agree.

 This post is part of the Outdoor Wednesday meme,
and also part of the Wordless Wednesday meme
and also part of the ABC Wednesday meme,
and also part of the Wednesday Waters meme.


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8 comments:

  1. MelodyK4 January 2017 at 17:00

    Oops.... lets hope that little horse will stay safe on that road ;-)

    Have a nice ABC-Wednesday / _ Week
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  2. Leslie:4 January 2017 at 23:50

    Love your poem and here in Canada, we say ZED too. Probably because we're both British colonies originally.

    Leslie
    abcw team

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  3. Rhonda Albom5 January 2017 at 01:25

    I saw your photo and all I could think of was the Beetles album cover with the 4 crossing Abbey Road.

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  4. NCSue6 January 2017 at 03:49

    Very cool. Is that a photo or a painting?
    Thanks for linking up at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2017/01/church-of-primacy-of-peter.html

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  5. Powell River Books6 January 2017 at 05:48

    And here in Canada too. My last name ends with a zed. - Margy

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  6. Roger Owen Green6 January 2017 at 13:52

    Zed is French for Z as well. (The little I remember of my HS French)

    ROG, ABCW

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  7. Penthesilea776 January 2017 at 15:39

    LOL! Wonderful image and I just LOVE the poem!

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  8. Gemma Wiseman11 January 2017 at 00:42

    That is a fun image and the jaunty poem complements it beautifully.

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