[Redway]

O (as a letter) or the actual number (zero/nought) it is?

[UserSince2005]

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

[Niamh.]

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

[Redway]

Originally Posted by UserSince2005

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]

Zero.

[bots]

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]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

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]

Both.

[Redway]

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]

There’s also…

Scone or Scon

Schedule or Skedule


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[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Zizu

There’s also…

Scone or Scon

Schedule or Skedule


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Sc-own

Sked-dual

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

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

so an oh is easier to pronounce than zero.

Yes, that word is quite the tongue-twister