2006-08-10 22:44:11 · 10 answers · asked by Baby 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Many people who work in technology or engineering fields (surveyors included) say "zero" to eliminate ambiguity. Technical data, especially computerized, recognizes zero as a number and oh as a character. Your computer will sort filenames according to these principles as "01" comes before "o1".
Note that a license plate can have either a zero or an oh. Seems odd that this is possible, though Q is omitted from our state license plates and lettered route designations.
2006-08-10 22:57:57 · answer #1 · answered by Jim 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i do not know i do it all the time whether its a phone number or cc# anything that has a zero i always say O for some reason
2006-08-11 05:49:39 · answer #2 · answered by OZoNE 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they get letter o mixed up with zero. Not thinking about what is being sayed.
2006-08-11 05:53:20 · answer #3 · answered by warewynnda 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
because people say ' oh ' as in the letter, because its easier and quicker to say Zero
2006-08-11 05:49:40 · answer #4 · answered by Logan_brett 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i might be wrong - i thought 'oh' was more american way of saying it. other english speakers say 'zero' or have a choice of both.
2006-08-11 05:52:45 · answer #5 · answered by TK 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
my guess would be that 0 and O look alike and saying oh is shorter
2006-08-11 05:50:36 · answer #6 · answered by Eli 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
a bad habit passed on by preceding generations
2006-08-11 05:53:40 · answer #7 · answered by bryte 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Being lazy and saving a syllable.
2006-08-11 05:50:50 · answer #8 · answered by lilmizzaniml 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because people can say what they want.why would you ask such a stupid question.are you really that bored?get off the computer and do something
2006-08-11 13:40:36 · answer #9 · answered by macshickey 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its not 'Oh' but simple O..............
2006-08-11 06:15:43 · answer #10 · answered by doable_rods 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋