Do you say oh or Zero?

[oscash]

In school we were always told to say the letter O when saying numbers . I still use it today.

 

[Bretrick]

Call yourself an Australian? Lazy speech is de rigeur in OZ, as you well know.

As for my mobile number, I commence with Oh then use zero for the numerical zeros in the rest.

Fully agree with you, Warri...conversation starter for here.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

I hang my head in shame. I never say, "zero". I'm "oh" school.

 

[Knight]

Zero so that I'm clear on what is meant. But I'm learning text language.

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IMHO – in my humble opinion (or in my honest opinion)
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IDK – I don't know.
LMK – let me know.
TBH – to be honest.
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[JustBonee]

When I give someone my address, I say O
... when I give them my phone number I say Zero ..... ... I didn't realize that until now ..lol

 

[jimintoronto]

In all cases I say zero for the number except for my zip code! If I don't say "oh" I forget the whole thing. Nuts.

Try the Canadian system. Ours is M6H 3N6. Before any one goes ballistic, that post code applies to the one side of a 9 block long street, so I haven't given away any secret information. I can also repeat from memory my Social Insurance Number ( first issued in 1965 ) and the registration number on my Ontario Provincial Driver's license, which includes my date of birth, backwards as a part of it. On the other hand, don't ask me what we ate for supper last Tuesday...Grin. JimB.

 

[Brookswood]

Oh is the letter O. Zero is the number 0. Zed is for the letter Z. Or when I misspell uncle Ted’s name. When I worked in IT we always wrote zero with a slash through it to make sure people and machines knew exactly what was meant. Computers are very literal and if you tell them to add 34 + 1OO they will tell you they can’t do it.

 

[Bretrick]

I hang my head in shame. I never say, "zero". I'm "oh" school.

Oh dear, I did not mean to shame anyone, sorry for that
I must confess, I use O and Zero,, what ever comes out of my mouth at the time.

 

[Bretrick]

I must confess, I use O and Zero, what ever comes out of my mouth at the time.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

Oh dear, I did not mean to shame anyone, sorry for that
I must confess, I use O and Zero,, what ever comes out of my mouth at the time.

Sorry, Bretick, no sahme, just my over imaginative self.

 

[Been There]

Anyone that has been in the military probably says the word "ZERO."

If it's 2 o'clock in the morning, we say "It's zero-two-hundred-hour." Or, just "Zero-Two-Hundred." NOT "OH TWO-HUNDRED HOUR."

 

[Brookswood]

Anyone that has been in the military probably says the word "ZERO."

If it's 2 o'clock in the morning, we say "It's zero-two-hundred-hour." Or, just "Zero-Two-Hundred." NOT "OH TWO-HUNDRED HOUR."

Which reminds we that we should really switch over to the 24 hour clock. If you think Daylight Saving Time is controversial, just suggest the 24 hour clock.

 

[Been There]

Which reminds we that we should really switch over to the 24 hour clock. If you think Daylight Saving Time is controversial, just suggest the 24 hour clock.

Works for me.