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Why Americans and English people pronounce ‘o’ instead of ‘zero’?



 
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Why Americans and English people pronounce ‘o’ instead of ‘zero’? #1 (permalink) Thu Jun 11, 2009 9:13 am   Why Americans and English people pronounce ‘o’ instead of ‘zero’?
 

Hi All,

Why Americans and English people pronounce ‘o’ instead of ‘zero’?

For example I pronounce 3.0 as ‘three point zero’
But one American guy pronounced it as ‘three point o’

Please Clarify? I am in confusion.

Thanks
Vinay
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Please Clarify? I am in confusion. #2 (permalink) Thu Jun 11, 2009 9:22 am   Please Clarify? I am in confusion.
 

Use the form that they use in whichever country you are visiting at the time. Both are valid.
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Please Clarify? I am in confusion. #3 (permalink) Thu Jun 11, 2009 9:47 am   Please Clarify? I am in confusion.
 

Kitosdad wrote:
Use the form that they use in whichever country you are visiting at the time. Both are valid.


Hi Kitosdad,

How 'o' is valid? Why they pronounce like that? Is there any reason behind that?

Thanks once again
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Please Clarify? I am in confusion. #4 (permalink) Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:17 am   Please Clarify? I am in confusion.
 

No explainable reason. It's always been said that way.

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