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.
Saying “O” instead of “Zero”, which I say at least a million times in my life, saves me a million syllables worth of time I can use for other things - like hiking, reading Tolstoy, or enjoying the great taste of Charleston Chew.