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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

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..

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.

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.

> 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

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

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