One of reason maybe because teachers taught us to pronounce it so!! There is J and then Z!! Maybe to differentiate between those two!! :S I never know!! :| That was one funny thing u wrote there!! hehe There was one teacher in our class too who used to say What the all the time. I think he wouldn't say newt to what the as he was teacher.. :P We used to count how many times he used to say that.. It reached 129 once in a class of 50 minutes. He was one good teacher tho!! I miss those school days..:(