This is one of those stupid moments. I was on my laptop and had TV on for background noise, and I wasn't really paying attention but some comercial came on and was telling the 1 800 number, while I forget the number, lets say for example it was 1800 123 1203 so it was one eight hundred, one, two zero, three they said. For some reason I stopped at this. This was so wierd.I know would have said it one eight hundred, one, two, o (as in the letter o) three.

To my knowladge, whenever the number zero (0) comes in a phone number, most people pronunce it as O, as in the alphabet.

So when the number 0 (zero) comes in a phone number do you say zero (0) or do you say it as the letter "O"?

I say zero, I had a bad habit of saying "O" for zero but when I joined the military that changed.

One, eight-hundred, one, two, three, one, two, doughnut, three.

Depends. As a general rule, though...
Area code = "O"
Rest of number = "zero"

I say zero, but only because saying "O" confuses me as well.

I say "zero" because that's what it is. It's not an alpha character, it's a digit. Calling it "O" (oh), is wrong. That would actually translated to the number 6 on the number pad.

This is actually one of my (many) pet peeves. People calling it an O when it's a 0.

If I am providing someone with a series of values that are commonly known to be numerical, I will say "Oh" because it is quicker.

If I am providing someone with a series of values that are either not commonly known to be numerical of if they could be numerical or text, I will say "zero" because it alleviates confusion.

When I'm giving my account number or SS number or whatever over the phone, I say "zero", but, like 3-26 said, "O" for area code or talking to a friend about a phone number.

I do, and always have, said zero. Why would one call a zero 'O'? That's crazy talk. You're crazy! :ahhh:


Also; 7-8-9

I usually say 'Oh' with phone numbers, it's just easier than saying 'Zero'

Sometimes i say zero, sometimes i say O, and sometimes i say alt.

Sometimes I say zero, sometimes I say O.

I say O (Oh.)
Unless its math, and saying O can sometimes be confusing in Algebraic equations.

Oh, like a normal person.

"Oh" for most things really, zero or nought are cumbersome sounds. "Oh" feels natural.

Usually I say "zero"

But there are times when I'll say "O" and find it odd that I said "O"

It annoys me when people say "Oh" for zero just because it looks like the letter "O"... Yet I do the exact same thing. :whistling:

I am wondering if it's region specific or not. Me being in Canada and in Souther Ontario, I noticed most people who live in the GTA or Southeren Ontario region, people say "O". As someone else who said, it seems so natural to say it.

Is it a Eurpoean or Asain thing where most people say "zero" and North America say "O"?

Even when giving numbers that are not phone number related, I find almost everyone says "O" and not zero. Saying "Zero" sounds like a foreing language. LOL. I Know it's more of a Canadian thing, not sure if our brothers and sisters south of the border do it as well. Then again we get most of the TV from them, and I hear it from them as well, expcept for that one comercial.

I almost always say "O" I don't ever think too much about it. I even say "O" for the zeros in my Zip code.

Concerning your regional theory, I will add to you data by saying that I am from North America.

i say o

1. I usually say "zero" instead of "oh"

2. When dealing with an even numbered set, I generally say the number in pairs ("twenty-five" instead of "two, five")

3. I think area codes, when the middle term is a zero, are the only time I say 0 as "oh"

English tend to say "oh".

I've a bad habit of saying "oh," but when I'm conscious of exactly what I'm saying (which is more often than not), I pronounce the word "zero."

I'm inconsistent about it, honestly, sometimes saying zero or oh for 0.

It is ok, simpletons. I blame Tommy Tutone, not you.

JEEEEEEEEENNY, I GOT YO NUMBUH! 8-6-7-5-3-OH-NIII-EEEEE-II-EEENE!! :banghead: