Comment on Is there a “proper“ way to say “6:05 AM”?
scratchee@feddit.uk 10 months ago
I agree with you and Alexa, but you can always say “five past six” to avoid the [zer]o if it’s bothering you.
I remember on a German exchange at school the German student could not handle “oh” sounds in phone numbers at all. So it might be tricky for non native speakers (though I think they made more of a fuss from anger at how stupid English is than out of genuine confusion…)
NoneYa@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Oh no, it doesn’t bother me at all lol. This was just a curiosity of mine.
When I speak to automated phone systems, I try to say “zero” instead of saying “oh” when speaking a phone number just to avoid me having to repeat myself in case I meet a system that’s not trained on hearing “oh”, but it got me wondering if there was a “proper” way to say the “0” in the time.