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CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨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.

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Deceptichum@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

We also don’t say the “oh” for zero the same way as the “o” in “o’clock” (the former rhymes with “owe” and the latter is a schwa).

Um I certainly as fuck do, as does everyone else in my country. What the fuck other way are you going to pronounce 'O'?

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- CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Like a schwa, as I said.
  
  Which country is it where that “o” is never reduced?
  
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  - Deceptichum@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Australia.
    
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    CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    No, it’s definitely reduced in Australian English.
    
    I think the problem might be that you don’t understand what a schwa is. Here is an Australian saying “o’clock” and it’s clearly a schwa.
    
    Unless you are hyperarticulating, you are never going to pronounce the first “o” in “6 o’clock” with a full “oh” sound.
    
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