Thursday, October 14, 2010

Z


In Praise of Z . . .
Z words & names = Dada!

I. Names: People & Places

Zapata
Zapatista
Zoroaster (Zarathustra)
Zorastrian
Zachary
Zagreb
Zhukov
Zaire
Zorro
Zorba

Zeppo
Zdanek
Zimbabwe
Zambezi
Zambia
Zapotec

Zimbra
Zanzibar
Zulus
Zuni
Zealand
Zsa-Zsa

Zappa
Zucconi
Ziegler

Zabriskie Point (Michelangelo Antonioni)
Zelig (Woody Allen)
Zimmerman (Bob Dylan)
Zhou En-lai

II. And the Best of the Rest.

Zero

Zed
Zealot
Zen
Zebra
Zephyr
Zany

Zip
Zap
Zipper

Zapper
ZIP Code

Zone
Zippity Doo Dah
Zenith

Zest
Ziploc®
Zoloft
Zaftig
Zeppelin
Zippo
Zinc
Zirconium

Zine
Zoom
Zombie

Ziegfeld Follies
Zygote
Zimermann Telegram
Zinger
Zoo

Zoot Suit
Zeppole

Zucchini
Ziti
Zymurgy
Zonked
Z

Bazooka
Kazoo



Today's Rune: Joy.  "Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to undo your belt and look for trouble!" (Anthony Quinn, Zorba the Greek, 1964).  

8 comments:

Erik Donald France said...

Gazebo.
Gazelle.
Gaza.

jodi said...

Erik, and Zamboni at the Z Gallery! Zip a dee doo dah!

jodi said...

Oh! I just notice that you already used zip a dee doo dah..My bad!

Charles Gramlich said...

Zhukov. There's a name from my college past. Russian history in WWII. General Zhukov.

Anonymous said...

Zippy the Pinhead

JC

Erik Donald France said...

Zardoz.

Lana Gramlich said...

What, no zither??? ;)

Anonymous said...

"Captain, the zenite gas"!

JC