How did the letter Z come to be associated with sleeping/snoring?
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WEBMay 26, 2011 · 5 Answers. Sorted by: 39. "How and when did the letter Z become to be associated with sleeping?" First of all, zzzz (or z-z-z-z) is sound of snoring, from at least 1918. (Sometimes "a tiny saw cutting through a log" [1948] would be used, and both the snore and saw would make the same z-z-z-z sound.)
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