Phrases that need to disappear

**rb336** · February-14-14, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by Honky Tonk

"one-OH-one point nine"

you just don't like WDET

**Pam** · February-14-14, 06:42 PM

An Olympics related one- using "medal" as a verb.

**NickCharles** · February-14-14, 09:33 PM

Originally Posted by Pam

An Olympics related one- using "medal" as a verb.

Oh thank you

**rb336** · February-14-14, 10:08 PM

Originally Posted by Pam

An Olympics related one- using "medal" as a verb.

They've used that for as long as I can remember

**Zacha341** · February-14-14, 11:19 PM

I really prefer to use zero when "0" comes up, but in radio talk and communication "Oh" is preferred.

Originally Posted by Honky Tonk

"one-OH-one point nine"

**NickCharles** · February-15-14, 10:27 AM

Originally Posted by rb336

They've used that for as long as I can remember

Yes, and it's always been terrible mis-usage, which is difficult to forgive, given that there are several simple alternatives.

**NickCharles** · February-15-14, 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by Honky Tonk

"one-OH-one point nine"

C'mon. Nobody does that in any other way. Never, in any city, have I heard an FM station at 101 or higher say "zero."
I think rb336 is on to something; perhaps you just don't like WDET.
If that's the case, we may be kindred spirits, as I-- a long-time listener-- find WDET to be less enjoyable, and more tedious, than it was in times past.

**Honky Tonk** · February-21-14, 01:35 PM

Originally Posted by rb336

you just don't like WDET

You're basing this on what?

**Honky Tonk** · February-21-14, 01:38 PM

Originally Posted by NickCharles

C'mon. Nobody does that in any other way. Never, in any city, have I heard an FM station at 101 or higher say "zero."
I think rb336 is on to something; perhaps you just don't like WDET.
If that's the case, we may be kindred spirits, as I-- a long-time listener-- find WDET to be less enjoyable, and more tedious, than it was in times past.

Next time you punch in your code to extract money out of your ATM, or write code, or any of the other 20-gazillion possibilities, be sure to try O's instead of 0's. Let me know how that works out. And this is a COLLEGE radio station.

**NickCharles** · February-21-14, 02:57 PM

Oooh, >BURN.<
Well, I guess you told me.
Chastened & chased, I am.

**rb336** · February-21-14, 05:04 PM

Originally Posted by Honky Tonk

Next time you punch in your code to extract money out of your ATM, or write code, or any of the other 20-gazillion possibilities, be sure to try O's instead of 0's. Let me know how that works out. And this is a COLLEGE radio station.

That is absurd. use of the verbal "oh" instead of zero has been common practice in vocal communications for ages. If you have issues discerning from context if they mean 0 or O, then, well, you have issues.

**Honky Tonk** · February-21-14, 05:42 PM

Originally Posted by rb336

That is absurd. use of the verbal "oh" instead of zero has been common practice in vocal communications for ages. If you have issues discerning from context if they mean 0 or O, then, well, you have issues.

Well Thanx, Mr. Keyboard Psychiatrist, your forming opinions and name calling after reading one post, and I have issues.....

**Honky Tonk** · February-21-14, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by Zacha341

I really prefer to use zero when "0" comes up, but in radio talk and communication "Oh" is preferred.

That's preference, which I understand, but these are station NUMBERS. "OH" is a letter.

**Gistok** · February-21-14, 07:31 PM

Well on a similar vein as the ad hominen goose egg posts...

The people who developed "sans serif" type face should have been shot!

It is thanks to them that several news broadcasters made the same faux pas 3 years ago when North Korea's former fearless leader KIM JONG IL died. Except on sans serif upper/lower case it comes out as "Kim Jong Il" [[the DYES font isn't as bad as most)... and many broadcasters called him "Kim Jong the second".

Couldn't a better differentiation between a capital "I" and a lower case "l" be found??

**Jimaz** · February-21-14, 08:19 PM

Originally Posted by Zacha341

I really prefer to use zero when "0" comes up, but in radio talk and communication "Oh" is preferred.

I had a math teacher that told a story about how he got into an argument with a telephone operator about this very subject. The operator explained that the reason they're trained to say "oh" is that "zero" can be mistakenly heard as "three oh."

"Nine" and "five" can be confused so radio operators differentiate between the two by saying "niner" and "fife."

I keep a list of the NATO phonetic alphabet by the phone. It helps to remove ambiguity as a factor in potential communications problems. With customer service representatives [[e.g.) it also implicitly conveys the idea that you're as concerned about accurate communication as they are trained to be. You get more respect and cooperation as a result.

**gazhekwe** · February-21-14, 08:43 PM

Maybe it's a whippersnapper thing, the oh and zero argument. Probably before computers started making them look different, Oh was the norm when giving street or phone numbers. Say Hawaii 5-0, It's Five OH, not Five Zero. For phone numbers, you dialed Oh for the Operator.

Here's Lonesome 77203 from 1963:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkYvAsohBhc

And Echo Valley 26809, Partridge Family:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfe9t-4FnjM&feature=kp

Just goes to show you, just because there is more than one way to skin a cat, doesn't mean the other way is wrong. [[Mixing enough metaphors here?)

**Zacha341** · February-21-14, 10:29 PM

Makes me yearn for the original 107.5 on the FM dial, which was stated as:

One "OH" SEVEN-Point-FIVE! LOL!

Originally Posted by Honky Tonk

That's preference, which I understand, but these are station NUMBERS. "OH" is a letter.

**Honky Tonk** · February-21-14, 11:15 PM

Originally Posted by Zacha341

Makes me yearn for the original 107.5 on the FM dial, which was stated as:

One "OH" SEVEN-Point-FIVE! LOL!

Originally Posted by gazhekwe

Maybe it's a whippersnapper thing, the oh and zero argument. Probably before computers started making them look different, Oh was the norm when giving street or phone numbers. Say Hawaii 5-0, It's Five OH, not Five Zero. For phone numbers, you dialed Oh for the Operator.

Here's Lonesome 77203 from 1963:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkYvAsohBhc

And Echo Valley 26809, Partridge Family:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfe9t-4FnjM&feature=kp

Just goes to show you, just because there is more than one way to skin a cat, doesn't mean the other way is wrong. [[Mixing enough metaphors here?)

YES, both of you STOP, you're hurting me, I GIVE! The part that gets me is when Ann Delisi gives away tickets, she makes it a point to tell the audience to dial 313-577-1-ZERO-19. OH, I guess the other one wouldn't work there.

Don't forget 8675-3-OH-9....

**canuck** · February-23-14, 08:01 PM

Been there, done that.

**Honky Tonk** · February-23-14, 08:49 PM

Phrases that need to disappear

zed.....

**rb336** · February-24-14, 08:07 AM

Originally Posted by Honky Tonk

Phrases that need to disappear

zed.....

now you're just hatin' on the Brits

**Honky Tonk** · February-24-14, 08:21 AM

Originally Posted by rb336

now you're just hatin' on the Brits

[[Canadians, Eh?)

**NickCharles** · March-02-14, 10:40 AM

Over-using "tone-deaf," "nuanced," & "narrative."

Beginning answers-- or even regular statements-- with "So,..."

For the "35 & younger" crowd: stop saying that everything is "amazing," and if you insist on doing so, at least stop pronouncing it as "ameezing."

**canuck** · March-10-14, 07:09 AM

Originally Posted by Honky Tonk

[[Canadians, Eh?)

Yes, and "z" in french is also pronounced as zed. Double whammy.

**rb336** · March-12-14, 03:28 PM

Life-hack applied to anything. or anything-hack. Hack should return to chopping wood, cabbies [[or horses) breaking in to computer networks and describing certain writers