Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 02:24:03 -0500

From: Bob Haas rahaas[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]HAMLET.UNCG.EDU

Subject: Re: Zero or "o"?



On Mon, 27 Nov 1995, Larry Horn wrote:



In sports scores, for instance, the

losing score is "nothing" (never "oh" and rarely "zero") if it's baseball or

football, "nil" if it's soccer, and "love" if it's tennis.



Let's not forget the ever popular "zip" as in "The Colts fall to the

Panthers--29, zip." Context does affect usage, as Larry notes. You'd

never hear zip in a phone number.



Bob Haas

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

rahaas[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]hamlet.uncg.edu