Nought , Zero or Oh ?

[Blonked]

Does anyone still use Nought in daily conversations ?

 

[jsmoke]

I alternate. Even in describing a number say over the phone such as 0800502134532. I'll say zero eight zero zero five nought two ....

 

[Em3bbs]

I alternate. Even in describing a number say over the phone such as 0800502134532. I'll say zero eight zero zero five nought two ....

I'd say oh-eight hundred, five zero two in this case.

 

[robgmun]

I've always used zero, easier to say and feels clearer and more precise to hear when communicating

 

[Terminal_Boy]

No. I just say the number in groups of four for order numbers or groups of three (UK) or two (France) for phone numbers.

 

[builder22]

After a quick google.... I’ve just realised saying “oh” is short for zer-oh, always thought it was one of those accepted mistakes because the number 0 looks like an O. Doh

 

[Feek]

oh one, eight double one, eight oh five five.

 

[Yadda]

oh one, eight double one, eight oh five five.

I thought I recognised that number.

I say "oh" too, unless it's noisy or a bad line. Saying "zero", "niner" etc in normal conversation sounds a bit odd to me.

 

[Jean-F]

My phone # is 07710, I say zero seven seven one zero, my wife’s is 07808, she says O seven eight O eight.
I have caught myself occasionally, (very rarely), saying O instead of zero, as in O seven seven one O.
I never, ever say nought, and I positively dislike hearing, or reading, owt or nowt, are they different pronunciations of ought and nought?

 

[Diddums x]

I just don't use that number, it confuses people. They should be able to figure it out, it's 2019, we're not animals.

 

[wesimmo]

I use oh at the start and then zero for phone numbers.

I think it's because "oh seven" is a phrase in itself since mobile phones predominantly started using that prefix in the UK, but if it were any other type of number I'd use zero, it just seems clearer to me.

 

[Yadda]

Another one is "no chance" or "zero chance"?

I always say the former because again, the latter just sounds odd to me.

 

[FoxEye]

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[Jean-F]

I just don't use that number, it confuses people. They should be able to figure it out, it's 2019, we're not animals.

I totally accept that you know what you mean there Diddums, but maybe owing to a surfeit of laughing water last night, I’m a tad puzzled.
If your phone # is 07901- 101010, how do you personally say it when giving it out?

 

[Diddums x]

I totally accept that you know what you mean there Diddums, but maybe owing to a surfeit of laughing water last night, I’m a tad puzzled.
If your phone # is 07901- 101010, how do you personally say it when giving it out?

Leave them out, if it's important they'll figure it out.

 

[FoxEye]

I totally accept that you know what you mean there Diddums, but maybe owing to a surfeit of laughing water last night, I’m a tad puzzled.
If your phone # is 07901- 101010, how do you personally say it when giving it out?

Oh seven nein oh one, one zero one zero one zero

I guess I'm void-fluid.

 

[2004typer]

Oh seven nein oh one, one zero one zero one zero

I guess I'm void-fluid.

I'd use "oh" all the way through for that number, rolls of the tongue easier.

 

[Zefan]

Nought doesn't exist in my vocabulary.

I use zero and O seemingly interchangeably, and now I've thought about it it's annoying.

 

[Yadda]

I wonder how people would react if I started talking "ZERO". I might try it one day.

"Bore da, Yadda. Will you be wanting any eggs this morning?"

"Negatory, Jones The Farm. I require zero eggs today."

 

[secretspy]

I say 'oh' except when I'm at work and giving a number to a customer, then I will say zero just to make it clearer.