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