In some situations, we use "o" for the number 0. Been hunting around for a reason but I think it's just an abbreviation of zero.
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KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 7 months ago
i would say “Sechs uhr fünf” which translates to “six o’clock five”. but if i was to speak english i would definetely say “six o’ five” the “o’” might even stand for “o’clock”
CalamityBalls@kbin.social 7 months ago
Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Which is turn stands for “of the clock”
CtrlOpenAppleReset@kbin.social 7 months ago
German class taught me fünf nach sechs.
Or if you want a real nighrmare
6:35
fünf nach halb vor 7
5 past half an hour to 7... It's in my textbook people look at me funny if I use it.
British English I still haven't figured out if half 7 is 6:30 or 7:30. Halb 7 in German is 6:30
Living in Germany coming from north America doing a lot of work with England I miss a lot of meetings that are at 17:30... Either I screw up the 12 hr change and can't remember if the said 7 or 17 and then where the half hour falls before or after.
CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That “oh” does not stand for “o’clock”, it stands for zero. If you said “six-o-fifteen” (or any time without the leading zero for minutes) you’d be saying it wrong.
In English we can often say “oh” for zero, when it is part of a string of numbers. So when giving telephone numbers or addresses, for example, in addition to the time.
Deceptichum@kbin.social 7 months ago
Um I certainly as fuck do, as does everyone else in my country. What the fuck other way are you going to pronounce 'O'?
CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Like a schwa, as I said.
Which country is it where that “o” is never reduced?
Deceptichum@kbin.social 7 months ago
Australia.