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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Telling the time

Hi,

when I tell the time, eg 3:05 it is written as three o five. I wonderif it is pronounced as 'ou'. Is it a short form of 'nought'?

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I don't think it's a short form of "nought". I think it's just because the digit zero looks like the letter "o".

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I don't think it's a short form of "nought". I think it's just because the digit zero looks like the letter "o".
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Thank you.

So when telling the time o isn`t pronounced is it?
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ninaniaSo when telling the time o isn`t pronounced is it?
Oh, sorry, I didn't read your question properly.

In my part of the world, the usual pronunciation of 3:05 is "five past three". The pronunciation "three-oh-five" is also sometimes used, but it tends to sound more precise and technical, as if you're conducting a military exercise, or compiling a
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