Examples:

  • One oh two Main Street
  • Four oh seven PM
  • Biology one oh one
  • Eight six seven, five three oh nine
  • Four oh four: Not found

Not just a US thing, so I hope this is okay to ask here. I have just never encountered this is any language other than English. Is it simply that O and 0 look similar, and that “oh” has fewer syllables than “zero”? I have not heard a good explanation from coworkers who I’ve asked.

  • Tanis Nikana@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    9 hours ago

    But 零時半 gets used quite a bit, especially for people like me, who have no fucking restraint and don’t go to bed on-time.

    Like any language, inconsistencies abound everywhere.