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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: What do you call... #39357 08/24/2001 8:36 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London NicholasW enthusiast NicholasW enthusiast Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London I think the Z is for Zero. Astronomers notate UTC (= GMT) as e.g. 0800 Z, for explicitness, whereas other time zones are 0800 +5 where the 0800 refers to UTC and the +5 is what's needed to convert to local time. Reading of the Z as Zulu and the application of the Alpha words to other zones would then be secondary. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted What do you call... reed 08/23/2001 7:47 PM Re: What do you call... Faldage 08/23/2001 7:59 PM Re: What do you call... Bobyoungbalt 08/23/2001 8:06 PM Re: Zulu time Faldage 08/23/2001 8:24 PM Re: What do you call... NicholasW 08/24/2001 8:36 AM Re: What do you call... Bean 08/24/2001 10:44 AM Re: What do you call... NicholasW 08/24/2001 11:14 AM Re: What do you call... Bean 08/24/2001 11:20 AM Re: What do you call... AnnaStrophic 08/23/2001 8:08 PM Re: Phonetice Faldage 08/23/2001 8:15 PM And what do you call... AnnaStrophic 08/23/2001 8:12 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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