Things that are aggravating

[Fox Mike]

Was watching the TV this morning and a commercial came on and the announcement said to call 800-999-0594. The voice said to call eight hundred, nine nine nine, oh five nine four. If you dial exactly what she said you would NEVER get anything. "OH" is NOT a number. Zero is the number."Oh" is a letter

 

[Cholo]

Michael Savage does it all the time. It's odd that around here the area code is 706 and people always use the letter O, but not always in the rest of the phone # :?

 

[Kevin]

I've wondered about this before, it's pretty common when saying a phone number out loud. Does it have anything to do with syllables? All other single digit numbers (including ten) are one syllable but "zero" is two syllables. Maybe "oh" is more easily understood; correct or not.

 

[ilikerams]

Don't mean to pick nits, but seven is two syllables.

 

[Pat-inCO]

If you dial exactly what she said you would NEVER get anything. "OH" is NOT a number. Zero is the number."Oh" is a letter

That's because 99% of them do not speak English.
No matter what is said, there are very few times it is actually English.
(WHOLE lot of slave speak)

 

[JFB]

Maybe it is regional also, the use of o for 0 is very common around here.

the one that I am also inclined to use, as i don't want to be wierd, is the main highway through town is US301, spoken as "three oh one". I have spoken "three hundred one" only to get a glaze look.

 

[Bob Wright]

Then there's that line in that song:

"................The fool was the terror of Highway One Oh One......."

Bob Wright

 

[ilikerams]

And the TV series, Hawaii 5oh.

 

[ilikerams]

Maybe it is regional also, the use of o for 0 is very common around here.

the one that I am also inclined to use, as i don't want to be wierd, is the main highway through town is US301, spoken as "three oh one". I have spoken "three hundred one" only to get a glaze look.

US301, spoken as three zero one sounds weird too.

 

[Bull Barrel]

If you look at a telephone the zero is labeled...


OPERATOR.

 

[Montelores]

Telephone?

What's that?

Monty

http://mentalfloss.com/article/61116/why-did-old-phone-numbers-start-letters

 

[Fox Mike]

If you look at a telephone the zero is labeled...


OPERATOR.

And "O" is actually number 6.

 

[Dave P.]

Fox Mike,
Don't forget the .308 Winchester.
Dave

 

[Fox Mike]

I haven't forgotten the "thirty aught six". Aught was another word for 'zero'. See we can have 30 -06 OR 30-o6. One is right the other isn't.

 

[blume357]

but then speaking of calibers.... there's "thirty aught six" where id that come from?

 

[JFB]

I always wanted to be a double naught spy!


even Bond is a double OH

 

[Bob Wright]

but then speaking of calibers.... there's "thirty aught six" where id that come from?

The second round accepted by the Army was called: "Caliber thirty, M1906," after modifying the first cartridge, the "Caliber thirty, M1903" which was the original round for the M1903 Springfield rifle.

Subsequent rounds were the Caliber thirty, M1, and Caliber Thirty, M2.

See?

Bob Wright

 

[Bob Wright]

Actually, the designation .30-06 is a misnomer for commercial ammunition, as the ".30-06, or .30 M1906, defines a definite bullet design, and no commercial actually follows that bullet design.

Technically it should be .30 Government, or .30 Springfield, but I believe both of those were already taken. Ammunition we were issued in Korea was labeled "250 cartridges, Cal. .30 M2 AP.'

But then we do call the .45 ACP the .45 ACP and not .45 M1911.

There is a certain latitude, or license, in caliber designations.

Bob Wright

P.S. Add to your list ".45 Long Colt. "

 

[caryc]

Fox Mike,
Don't forget the .308 Winchester.
Dave

Watching a series on Netflix "Death in Paradise". It's about a British detective stationed on a Caribbean island. When a victim was shot with a .22 cal. pistol, he said it was a "point two two caliber pistol. Every time he referred to it after that, it was a "point two two pistol. It was the same on another case with a "point three eight pistol". :mrgreen: Not really aggravating but sure is funny.

 

[Bob Wright]

I remember reading an early American short story in which a man's rifle is described as "taking ninety five balls to the pound" which I believe is about .36 caliber.

And old cartridge boxes display "44/100 calibre" or "41/100 Rim Fire"

Early British military specifications state a calibre of "54 bore" which is about .44 Caliber.

Bob Wright

 

[Cholo]

When was Obama elected the 1st time? Would you say Oh8, zero8 or 2008? Strange language.

 

[Bob Wright]

When was Obama elected the 1st time? Would you say Oh8, zero8 or 2008? Strange language.

You know, I always give the year as "Two Thousand Eight" or "Two Thousand Seventeen". Yet many folks I know say "Twenty Oh Eight" or "Twenty Seventeen."

I think most of us choose to say whatever seems to roll off the tongue most easily.

Bob Wright

 

[JFB]

I remember reading an early American short story in which a man's rifle is described as "taking ninety five balls to the pound" which I believe is about .36 caliber.

And old cartridge boxes display "44/100 calibre" or "41/100 Rim Fire"

Early British military specifications state a calibre of "54 bore" which is about .44 Caliber.

Bob Wright

Calibre = (4.664/Bore)^1/3

Bore = (4.664/Calibre^3)

 

[Colonialgirl]

I remember reading an early American short story in which a man's rifle is described as "taking ninety five balls to the pound" which I believe is about .36 caliber.

And old cartridge boxes display "44/100 calibre" or "41/100 Rim Fire"

Early British military specifications state a calibre of "54 bore" which is about .44 Caliber.

Bob Wright

Calibre = (4.664/Bore)^1/3

Bore = (4.664/Calibre^3)

Enfield Mark 4, 303 (Three OH Three) I got two of them

 

[Montelores]

"Enfield Mark 4, 303 (Three OH Three) I got two of them"

I got two o' them.

:wink:

Monty

 

[exavid]

When was Obama elected the 1st time? Would you say Oh8, zero8 or 2008? Strange language.

Personally I'd rather forget that whole period.

 

[volshooter]

I a real stickler when it comes to zero vs. O.
Numbers matter and a dadgum zero is only that.
I do accept "ought" when it come to buck shot. Double ought is correct, not zero, zero buckshot.
I also can deal with "naught from naught equals naught. (Beverly Hillbillies).
It really chaps my behind when I hear an "O" being used to describe a number.

If I want you to meet me at 6:30 am, I will say zero six thirty.
Just another example of modern speech that I have out lived.

 

[Rick Courtright]

If I want you to meet me at 6:30 am, I will say zero six thirty.

Hi,

If you want me to meet you at zero six thirty, no worries: I'll just get up at oh-dark thirty so I'm not late...

Rick C

 

[Bull Barrel]

Eight six seven five three oh nine. Jenny.

 

[GP100]

When was Obama elected the 1st time? Would you say Oh8, zero8 or 2008? Strange language.

Why do we drive on parkways, and park on driveways?

And are they concrete, or cement? :wink: