I say zero for 0 and don't get when people say O for zero O is a letter 0 is a number - Im in customer service I take orders, when someone says O for 0 what am I to think? Phones still have the alphabet on it, zip codes never had letters in them (at least here in the US) and now that we are all text messaging each other, isn't it time we start saying what we mean? Zero is 0 and O is O!
2006-09-27 16:29:25 · 17 answers · asked by M M 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
I've not heard anyone say "O" for zero.
2006-09-27 16:30:37 · answer #1 · answered by JDJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a cultural thing. Like how some people say soda, pop or coke. I do use O for 0 alot and so does my whole family. I think the O for 0 is mostly in the Us and then only parts of the country. I think its been around for awhile because alot of older people I know say it the same way as I do.
2006-09-27 16:53:21 · answer #2 · answered by nalamacleod 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think people have used it for a long time.
Today, however, you have to try to say it correctly because many passwords and other important numbers now have zeros and O's in them.
For this reason I gradually got used to saying Zero over the past 10 years or so.
2006-09-27 16:48:19 · answer #3 · answered by Genie♥Angel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i always say O instead of zero..its just easier..and sounds better. it sounds gay..who wants to hear (ill make up some random numbers) "6 8 3 zero 3 5". when u could hear "6 8 3 O 3 5" ...yeaa..sounds better..
2006-09-27 16:59:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't believe of a 7 digit telephone form ought to start with a nil. yet calls from skype or the different information superhighway telephone ought to start with a nil yet some information superhighway phones are not 7 digits because when I call from skype the phone form has better then 7 digits. So i do not comprehend what to inform you.
2016-12-06 07:05:23 · answer #5 · answered by dustman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I totally agree! I disagree with the person that said that "O" sounds better than zero. It may "look" better when you are typing it, but it definitely doesn't sound better. I equate it with taking the easy way out like so many of us do.
2006-09-27 17:20:18 · answer #6 · answered by In the know 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It started with James Bond double O seven, Overseas Operative Seven
2006-09-27 16:35:49 · answer #7 · answered by LORD Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I totally agree. I used to work at Meijer and I was always paging so and so 450. everyone else would say "o" it really did irritate me. i guess it's not that big of a deal, but it can be stupid sounding.
2006-09-28 15:32:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same time the television reporters and personalities started saying "gonna" for "going to"... aaaagghhhhhhh!!! That is so unprofessional and they all do it. Is that accepted as no longer slang, gonna?
2006-09-27 16:33:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zero meaning "nothing". "o" meaning blank! Zero taking the place of the absence of. Not really all that complicated!
"O" taking the place of..............
2006-09-27 19:02:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anna M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋