LockStockVilla Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Anyone who says O instead of 0 is an uneducated simpleton. It's a **** letter. You may as well say L instead of 1. Pardon me while I step outside to throw my degrees in the bin :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted July 11, 2011 Author Share Posted July 11, 2011 Anyone who says O instead of 0 is an uneducated simpleton. It's a **** letter. You may as well say L instead of 1. Right, because using a simple monosyllabic word "oh" rather than a two-syllable "zer-oh" makes you an uneducated simpleton. Maybe oh is just an abbreviation of zero? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Anyone who says O instead of 0 is an uneducated simpleton. It's a **** letter. You may as well say L instead of 1. You really use zero whenever handing out numbers more socially? Ghey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YLN Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Quite obviously ripped straight from someone's standup act, but I like it. King of Queens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Quite obviously ripped straight from someone's standup act, but I like it. King of Queens Yes, Kevin James' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Anyone who says O instead of 0 is an uneducated simpleton. It's a **** letter. You may as well say L instead of 1. 0121 sounds natural as 'oh one two one'... 'zero one two one' just sounds retarded, and American, which makes it more retarded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted July 12, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted July 12, 2011 Anyone who says O instead of 0 is an uneducated simpleton. It's a **** letter. You may as well say L instead of 1. 0121 sounds natural as 'oh one two one'... 'zero one two one' just sounds retarded, and American, which makes it more retarded. And yet, it's basically universal in America to use 'oh' for 'zero', especially in telephone numbers: 5088675309 => "five-oh-eight eight-six-seven five-three oh-nine" (combining two or three digit blocks into a single number pretty much only occurs for business marketing purposes... e.g one-eight-hundred fifty-four giant, which I suspect the other New England VTers will recognize) NANP, of course, is the cause for the 3-3-4 breakdown of phone numbers given above: a three digit area code (often enclosed in parentheses) plus a seven digit phone number, of which the first three digits represents the exchange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted July 12, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted July 12, 2011 Anyone who says O instead of 0 is an uneducated simpleton. It's a **** letter. You may as well say L instead of 1. 0121 sounds natural as 'oh one two one'... 'zero one two one' just sounds retarded, and American, which makes it more retarded. And yet, it's basically universal in America to use 'oh' for 'zero', especially in telephone numbers: 5088675309 => "five-oh-eight eight-six-seven five-three oh-nine" (combining two or three digit blocks into a single number pretty much only occurs for business marketing purposes... e.g one-eight-hundred fifty-four giant, which I suspect the other New England VTers will recognize) NANP, of course, is the cause for the 3-3-4 breakdown of phone numbers given above: a three digit area code (often enclosed in parentheses) plus a seven digit phone number, of which the first three digits represents the exchange. Dammit man, we all know Hawaii Zero Zero Zero Zero Zero. Give us some credit! * actually I know it was 'Five O', but am not really sure why, so it's all a big guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 I'm pretty sure almost everybody in Britain uses 'oh' for reading out phone numbers too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 * actually I know it was 'Five O', but am not really sure why I always thought the "Five O" referred to Hawaii being the 50th state. Just something I assumed which could easily be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 * actually I know it was 'Five O', but am not really sure why I always thought the "Five O" referred to Hawaii being the 50th state. Just something I assumed which could easily be wrong. Yes, I'm am also sure it's essentially Hawaii "50", in reference to the 50th state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Police sirens in music when you're driving in the car. I'm often fooled into looking about for the cop car .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Anyone who says O instead of 0 is an uneducated simpleton. It's a **** letter. You may as well say L instead of 1. I'm going to start saying L instead of 1 just to piss you off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 12, 2011 Moderator Share Posted July 12, 2011 I'm going to start saying L instead of 1 just to piss you off! one nought one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 ^Obvious trnoughtoneone is obvious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danwichmann Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Police sirens in music when you're driving in the car. I'm often fooled into looking about for the cop car .... Amen! Been fooled by that one so many times! Sorry, I mean fooled by that L so many times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarevolution2007 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 When you're listening to music and you can swear the phone is going downstairs and you rush down only to find out it was in the music. Never learn either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Police sirens in music when you're driving in the car. I'm often fooled into looking about for the cop car .... Amen! Been fooled by that one so many times! Sorry, I mean fooled by that L so many times! Been fooled by this one many a time. The other trick is to sit in the back of someone's car and flash one of those little blue key chain lights at their inside mirror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Being told by a mechanic that my engine problem (spark plugs getting filled with water) should cost 70/80 quid to fix, inc VAT then him calling me back saying 'pick it up when you're ready, it'll be £150.80' and me barely being able to afford it.. :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packoman Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Our recycling bin got knocked over last night at around 3, glass bottles all over the street. Even worse is that after cleaning it all up the bin didn't even get collected this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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