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Redway 24-05-2023 08:47 PM

How do you pronounce 0?
 
O (as a letter) or the actual number (zero/nought) it is?

UserSince2005 24-05-2023 09:06 PM

Zero. Sometimes when I’m saying a phone number I say O and I cringe inside.

Niamh. 24-05-2023 09:07 PM

Both Zero and Oh, always oh for phone numbers, mostly zero otherwise but not always

Redway 24-05-2023 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UserSince2005 (Post 11294447)
Zero. Sometimes when I’m saying a phone number I say O and I cringe inside.

My Year 3 English teacher always taught us that pronouncing it as letter-O is a bad habit we all need to get out of, really. And I guess we sort of do.

Alf 24-05-2023 09:22 PM

Zero.

bots 24-05-2023 09:34 PM

in a phone number, it's all numeric, so an oh is easier to pronounce than zero. In any context where there can be non numeric characters then it's zero

Alf 24-05-2023 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bitontheslide (Post 11294459)
in a phone number, it's all numeric, so an oh is easier to pronounce than zero. In any context where there can be non numeric characters then it's zero

Oh, can sound like four. They rhyme. No other number sounds like zero. Everyone knows where they stand with zero. It means, nothing, nil, zilch, diddly squat.

Mystic Mock 25-05-2023 12:26 AM

Both.

Redway 25-05-2023 12:30 AM

I still remember my Year 3 teacher essentially putting a cross by lettered oh-nought on the blackboard that summer. Since then I’ve made efforts to say it correctly but sometimes it’s just easier to say ‘o’ on t’’phone.

Zizu 25-05-2023 11:34 AM

There’s also…

Scone or Scon

Schedule or Skedule


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Niamh. 25-05-2023 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zizu (Post 11294572)
There’s also…

Scone or Scon

Schedule or Skedule



Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Sc-own

Sked-dual

Re OP - The onyl time I'd ever use "Nought" is for Noughts & Crosses

Oliver_W 25-05-2023 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bitontheslide (Post 11294459)
so an oh is easier to pronounce than zero.

Yes, that word is quite the tongue-twister :laugh:


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