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What do you call 0 ?

  • 29-04-2012 10:16am
    #1
    Mrs Garth Brooks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,865 ✭✭✭


    Is it zero, naught or o ?


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    both!


  • #3
    massdebater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,251 ✭✭✭massdebater


    I call it 0


  • #4
    cocoshovel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭cocoshovel


    Depends on the situation. When calling out phones numbers its always "o". Every other time its zero.


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,505 ✭ [Deleted User]


    "Nought" annoys me. Dunno why.


  • #6
    Abi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,058 ✭✭✭✭Abi


    cocoshovel wrote: »
    Depends on the situation. When calling out phones numbers its always "o". Every other time its zero.
    ^ this

    But more importantly, why?


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  • #7
    midlandsmissus
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,838 ✭✭✭midlandsmissus


    zero


  • #8
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    Abi wrote: »
    ^ this

    But more importantly, why?


    Its probably nothing ;)


  • #9
    Archeron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,341 ✭✭✭Archeron


    Humpty


  • #10
    galwayrush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,815 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    Being broke.


  • #11
    Mrs Garth Brooks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,865 ✭✭✭Mrs Garth Brooks


    cocoshovel wrote: »
    Depends on the situation. When calling out phones numbers its always "o". Every other time its zero.

    So when calling out numbers with a 0 in the middle, u say
    o87-1234o67 ? Does that sound weird to you? Or anyone?


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  • #12
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,505 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Convention with phone numbers is to use 'oh'. Even though I'd use 'zero' for everything else 0 related, I'd think it was pretty odd if someone said zero in a phone number.


  • #13
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,713 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    Did ye see that West Brom and Aston Villa drew zero-nought yesterday?


  • #14
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    'oh' to start off a number (087, 01 etc) and then 'zero' for anything after that.


  • #15
    Born to Die
    Closed Accounts Posts: 830 ✭✭✭Born to Die


    Another thread of substance from HLW. Keep up the good work. :)


  • #16
    TheBody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,629 ✭✭✭TheBody


    Zero all the way for me.


  • #17
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,140 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Feck all or diddly squat.


  • #18
    girl2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 654 ✭✭✭girl2


    I use all three. I think it the context I which I use it depends on who I'm talking to, like for international calls or whatever.

    Probably use "oh" the most though.


  • #19
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    cocoshovel wrote: »
    Depends on the situation. When calling out phones numbers its always "o". Every other time its zero.

    You just made me realise I'm a freak...

    I'll always say o 8 7...but for a 0 in the middle of a phone number its definitely zero...


  • #20
    MadPatrick
    Registered Users Posts: 304 ✭✭MadPatrick


    "Oh" is a letter. That's wrong if you're referring to a number. It drives me f8cking mad. How would you like it if I called myself Patrick zero Sullivan??


  • #21
    girl2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 654 ✭✭✭girl2


    MadPatrick wrote: »
    "Oh" is a letter. That's wrong if you're referring to a number. It drives me f8cking mad. How would you like it if I called myself Patrick zero Sullivan??

    Calm down you.


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  • #22
    RachaelVO
    Registered Users Posts: 3,108 ✭✭✭RachaelVO


    Depends on who I'm talking to...

    If it's someone who is not a native English speaker it's always zero.
    Native English speaker is Oh!


  • #23
    RachaelVO
    Registered Users Posts: 3,108 ✭✭✭RachaelVO


    MadPatrick wrote: »
    "Oh" is a letter. That's wrong if you're referring to a number. It drives me f8cking mad. How would you like it if I called myself Patrick zero Sullivan??

    Alright, calm down, calm down (said in worst Liverpool accent EVER)

    Just call yourself Mc Sullivan, you'll be sorted :rolleyes:


  • #24
    saa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭saa


    Here's my number its zeroeightseventwofourzeroeighttwozero
    not at all


  • #25
    Davidson2k9
    Closed Accounts Posts: 236 ✭✭Davidson2k9


    I read the title as "What do you call zero?"


  • #26
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    For me, phone number prefixes would always be "o", just because it's how they would be referred to by everybody, but any other time there'd be a 0, it's always zero.


  • #27
    MadPatrick
    Registered Users Posts: 304 ✭✭MadPatrick


    It's wrong, wrong I tells ya. Oh is a letter, zero or naught is a number. I'm willing to hold a revolution, I don't care how many die


  • #28
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,713 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    MadPatrick wrote: »
    "Oh" is a letter. That's wrong if you're referring to a number. It drives me f8cking mad. How would you like it if I called myself Patrick zero Sullivan??

    And 8 is a number...


  • #29
    Ah nuts
    Registered Users Posts: 90 ✭✭Ah nuts


    Call it what you like, it never answers back.


  • #30
    44leto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,137 ✭✭✭44leto


    I call it the amount of money I usually have.


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  • #31
    RachaelVO
    Registered Users Posts: 3,108 ✭✭✭RachaelVO


    MadPatrick wrote: »
    It's wrong, wrong I tells ya. Oh is a letter, zero or naught is a number. I'm willing to hold a revolution, I don't care how many die

    Sssshhh, it's OKAY, relax there now, it'll be grand!


  • #32
    TheBody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,629 ✭✭✭TheBody


    MadPatrick wrote: »
    It's wrong, wrong I tells ya. Oh is a letter, zero or naught is a number. I'm willing to hold a revolution, I don't care how many die

    I'm with you MadPatrick. You are the angel of death and the time for purification has arrived!!


  • #33
    smcgiff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,943 ✭✭✭smcgiff


    MadPatrick wrote: »
    Oh is a letter


    I think you'll find oh is two letters


  • #34
    RachaelVO
    Registered Users Posts: 3,108 ✭✭✭RachaelVO


    44leto wrote: »
    I call it the amount of money I usually have.

    That would be fcuk all then?


  • #35
    MadPatrick
    Registered Users Posts: 304 ✭✭MadPatrick


    Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »
    And 8 is a number...

    Ah touche.....

    But still, grrrrr.


  • #36
    the keen edge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,533 ✭✭✭the keen edge


    Elongated circle.


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  • #37
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    0
    The modern numerical digit 0 is usually written as a circle or ellipse. Traditionally, many print typefaces made the capital letter O more rounded than the narrower, elliptical digit 0.[28] Typewriters originally made no distinction in shape between O and 0; some models did not even have a separate key for the digit 0. The distinction came into prominence on modern character displays.[28]


  • #38
    smcgiff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,943 ✭✭✭smcgiff


    the keen edge wrote: »
    Elongated circle.

    Oval?


  • #39
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,647 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo




  • #40
    44leto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,137 ✭✭✭44leto


    RachaelVO wrote: »
    That would be fcuk all then?

    Another term for it, fuvk all is a rational number.


  • #41
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    true-or-false wrote: »
    "Nought" annoys me. Dunno why.

    Is it just the English who say nought? Never heard it said here.


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  • #42
    smcgiff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,943 ✭✭✭smcgiff


    Typical AH thread - all about nothing.


  • #43
    the keen edge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,533 ✭✭✭the keen edge


    smcgiff wrote: »
    Oval?

    Look pal, I don't know what you're suggesting but for the record, my elongated circle is no oval, lets just get that straight.


  • #44
    Thrill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,485 ✭✭✭Thrill


    Always zero, except the odd time when talking about Bond......James Bond.

    Double zero 7 doesn't sound as catchy.


  • #45
    smcgiff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,943 ✭✭✭smcgiff


    the keen edge wrote: »
    lets just get that straight.

    Then it'd be a line, or a one even. That's just madness I tell you.


  • #46
    Mr Simpson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,332 ✭✭✭Mr Simpson


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    You just made me realise I'm a freak...

    I'll always say o 8 7...but for a 0 in the middle of a phone number its definitely zero...

    I do this as well, I haven't a clue why though!!

    For me, its 'oh' or zero, and for football its nil (and for some reason with rugby, I say nothing, like 36-nothing). Its too early to think about these things!!! :p


  • #47
    lividduck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,250 ✭✭✭lividduck


    Ah heck, I thought this was a thread about getting/giving head!:D


  • #48
    smcgiff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,943 ✭✭✭smcgiff


    Love

    As in Love 87 etc


  • #49
    Satts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 818 ✭✭✭Satts


    HardLuckWoman wrote: »
    Is it zero, naught or o ?

    My father calls it aught.


  • #50
    the keen edge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,533 ✭✭✭the keen edge


    Thrill wrote: »
    Always zero, except the odd time when talking about Bond......James Bond.

    Double zero 7 doesn't sound as catchy.

    No not as catchy; but technically correct.

    Maybe if he called himself double zero 7, he wouldn't rub people/international villains up the wrong way.
    And hence the world would be a much safer place.

    International diplomatic relationships often rupture on these overlooked vocabulary nuances.


  • #51
    Sinfonia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,854 ✭✭✭Sinfonia


    double-oh-seven, room one-oh-one, oh-eight-six.. It's not really going anywhere as an effective measure of verbal shorthand.

    I do get peeved at inconsistency though: I used to work in a call centre taking credit card bookings, and I swear pepole would read out their card numbers with every possible '0' option thrown in.
    Four-two-six-three.. Zero-nought-oh-one.. etc.


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