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performance artist, stand-up comic & “vocal acrobat” Zero Boy recounts his zany adventures in Zeroland through a unique blend of sound and mime, the results being something akin to a performed comic book:

so when asked the origin of this z, Zero Boy kindly sent z this which says it all:

and on z-side from Elaine Sciolino’s NYT’s A Guide to the French. Handle with Care. offering eight lessons from living in France, #3:

The Customer Is Always Wrong
It is hard for French merchants to admit they are wrong, and seemingly impossible for them to apologize. Instead, the trick is to somehow get the offended party to feel the mistake was his or her own. I’m convinced the practice was learned in the strict French educational system, in which teachers are allowed to tell pupils they are “zeros” in front of the entire class.

more strange soundz of z!
thankz Zero Boy!