0 should be 0 and o should be o

[flapjackdavey]

thats what I think

0 is a number . O is a letter .. something thats always bugged me . but simething Iv'e never brought up . know what I mean ?

[Sue]

FJD, stop starting these threads, you know what I mean, innit.

>:D<:-$::oB):))

[Marmora Man]

fjd - quite right - when describing numbers one should always use Zero no Oh.

[Huguenot]

I share the conviction, it avoids confusion.

However, I'm never quite sure whether to use 'zero' or 'nought'

I tend towards zero, but I don't know whether I've become americanised.

[OutOfFocus]

Old style typewriters didn't have 0 or 1 keys. We have come across spreadsheets with SE15 entered as SEl5 (lower case L),

PS what is the point of this fred

[????]

naught

Noun

1. Archaic or literary nothing

2. Chiefly US the figure 0

Adverb

Archaic or literary not at all: I care naught [Old English n?wiht]

HP - From the online dictionary

[Huguenot]

So Zero is English, and Nought is American?

Very good to know. Zero it is.

[KalamityKel]

I once had a customer have a right go at me over the phone for pointing out it was a Zero rather than an oh as part of their postcode. She really wouldnt have it any other way "no dear it is oh and has always been" Someone obviously never told her...

[flapjackdavey]

its a bit weird isnt it ? Odd that something so basic and fundamental is shrouded in vagueness ... something else that bugs me is when I go to sign on In there eyes I am a customer ..... eh ? .... how is that so? ...do I buy anything from the job centre ? no .

We are also customers when we take a train journey . ok thats fair enough , we have to buy a ticket . ... still prefer the word passenger though ....

and another thing .... blah blah blah

[Moos]

Huguenot Wrote:

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> So Zero is English, and Nought is American?

>

> Very good to know. Zero it is.

My mother used to tell me off for saying Zero, because Zero is American, and Naught or as we now spell it Nought is English. So now I'm confused..

[bignumber5]

So, fjd, if someone gives you a phone number you might be confused if they start oh-two-oh, and think they have some kind of complex telephonic contact involving letters, or do you just refuse the information on grounds of inappropriate delivery?

[computedshorty]

?

[Moos]

Would it be relevant to point out that the hole is the nicest part of a doughnut? I wouldn't want to be Lounged.. oh.

[Jeremy]

Moos Wrote:

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> Would it be relevant to point out that the hole is

> the nicest part of a doughnut?

Only if you don't like doughnuts and prefer eating nothing. I'm afraid I'm not in agreement with you on this one Moos.

[LordshipLovely]

Slightly off topic, but it really bugs me when people say 020...7, not 0207. I know which way's correct an' everyfink, but it's still annoying.

Also, with mobile phone numbers, people who say their number in a really weird way, because they think it's more memorable. Unless it's relayed to me in the form of 5 digits then 6 digits, or at least 5 digits then 3 and 3, I'm left completely bemused.

[sonia]

> Huguenot Wrote:

So Zero is English, and Nought is American?

Very good to know. Zero it is.

> Moos Wrote:

My mother used to tell me off for saying Zero, because Zero is American, and Naught or as we now spell it Nought is English. So now I'm confused..

I also thought nought was English and zero was American :-S

[Keef]

It's a time saver though. Saying oh 2 oh at the beginning of a number is quicker than saying zero 2 zero. Although I do try to use zero when I remember.

[mockney piers]

LL totally with you on the 020...7 thing. Not the other, I think the meter 5-3-3 is nicer and more mnemonic, but that might just be me

[LordshipLovely]

Looking back at what I wrote, I didn't mean 5-6 at all. I agree MP, definitely 5-3-3 all the way.

[Brendan]

Don't you mean 4-3-2-2?

[Keef]

I would normally agree with 5 3 3, but my number flows better as 5 2 2 2. Just seems to make sense that way.

[LordshipLovely]

It's all about the 5. As long as that's there then it's forgivable!

God, need to get a life.

[mockney piers]

Weirdly I always remember my wife's number as 6-5. It's the only one I do. I guess it depends on the number.thinking about it mine works much better 5-2-2-2 too.

[flapjackdavey]

bignumber5 Wrote:

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> So, fjd, if someone gives you a phone number you

> might be confused if they start oh-two-oh, and

> think they have some kind of complex telephonic

> contact involving letters, or do you just refuse

> the information on grounds of inappropriate

> delivery?

er ... the latter I think

[mockney piers]

Aaaagh so wrong. It IS 020

0207/0208 died about ten years ago.

Sorry got myself all backwards there. And my home number works sooooo much better 3-4-4

at some point I HAVE to get a life!!