--===============1461938176== Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by pch.mit.edu id k3AHix20007049 >From: Marcel Birthelmer >Reply-To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." >To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." >Subject: Re: [OT]: The mystery of the "oh" >Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:22:55 -0700 > >Gus Salavatore Calabrese wrote: > > Perhaps someone on the list can comment about why > > people will choose to say "zero" sometimes and "oh" > > at other times. > > > > For example: 303 1006 might be pronounced > > three oh three one zero zero six > > ( and pronounced that way consistently ) > > > > Gus AGSC > Yep. That's exactly how I would pronounce it. I think it's more to do with how the prior word ends... three is a "soft" ended word, where one is a more distinct ended word. Like a / an. I would like a apple....I had an phone call.... Grammatically incorrect, and sounds wrong too. Good point, though! D. _________________________________________________________________ Don=92t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search!=20 http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ --===============1461938176== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --===============1461938176==--