Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 08:17:38 -0500

From: "Joan C. Cook" cookj[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GUSUN.ACC.GEORGETOWN.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



And the batting count is always "oh": oh and 3 or 2 and oh.



--Joan



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