This little word sits all by its lonesome in the tail end of the Dictionary of Newfoundland English. On its very own page. You wouldn't care to guess what it meant, would you?
I'll give you a minute.
Bingo.
Yes!
zad* n EDD ~ sb s w cties. The letter Z (see INTRODUCTION: The Dictionary and English Language Variation in Newfoundland).
Sounds fractionally better than zed or zee, do you think?
No?
This is the final post in the A-Z Challenge for the month of April. I am pleased, amazed and proud I actually came to the finish line with most of my braincells and nerves intact. I think.
Thank you all - my faithful followers and the visitors.
You've been, well, downright athwart to keep up with me.