Quoted from ZMeny:Silverball Chronicles with David and Ron
Episode 30 – “Pinball’s Centenarian – Wayne Neyens”
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Topic Starts at 9:10
Episode Summary
A Centenarian is someone linked to longevity, someone who has seen it all come and go, then be reinvented again. Wayne Neyens is pinball's Centenarian; he was there at the beginning, and he was there when it ended… a couple of times… and he witnessed the rebirth we now see today before his passing at age 104. He was the last of his pinball generation, the last of the woodrail masters and the man who gave his whole life to making people smile at the silverball.
This month Dave and Ron discuss growing up in the Great Depression, 1930’s cubicles, Westerns, Jimmy Johnson, Harry Mabs, The Gottlieb - David Gottlieb, Wayne’s most popular games like Slick Chick and Kings and Queens, Add-A-Ball and Wedgeheads, the amazing artist Roy Parker AND we make fun 1940’s radio voices!
Sources can be found at thepinballnetwork.podbean.com
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Thought chatgpt could educate us all. As someone who grew up in South Africa I love the Canadian-us banter on pronunciation, so I thought I’d let you know that American ZEE has to be the odd one out, whereas the English ZED is the original. If you’re gonna speak English, might as well not have any Dutch in it :
The difference in pronunciation of the letter "z" between Americans and the English can be traced back to the 18th century. At that time, the English language was undergoing a standardization process, and the pronunciation of certain letters was being standardized. The letter "z" was pronounced as "zed" in England, and this pronunciation was adopted as the standard.
In the United States, however, the pronunciation of the letter "z" as "zee" was already in use. This pronunciation likely originated from the Dutch language, which was spoken by many early settlers in the United States. In Dutch, the letter "z" is pronounced as "zee," and this pronunciation was likely adopted by English speakers in the United States.
Over time, the pronunciation of the letter "z" as "zee" became firmly established in American English, while the pronunciation of "zed" remained the standard in England and other English-speaking countries.