I noticed that I and Alexa say “six ‘oh’ five a m”, but is that the correct way of saying the time? Specifically the “oh” part?

Kind of like when speaking out a phone number, how we might say “my number is one two three, six ‘oh’ six…” but really, that’s not an “oh” like the letter O even though it looks like an O, but everyone knows the person is saying “six zero six”, which is the proper way of saying that.

Edit: thanks for all the answers everyone! This was just pure curiosity for me but I really enjoyed reading everyone’s responses and learning some new things!

  • CtrlOpenAppleReset@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    German class taught me fünf nach sechs.
    Or if you want a real nighrmare
    6:35
    fünf nach halb vor 7
    5 past half an hour to 7… It’s in my textbook people look at me funny if I use it.
    British English I still haven’t figured out if half 7 is 6:30 or 7:30. Halb 7 in German is 6:30
    Living in Germany coming from north America doing a lot of work with England I miss a lot of meetings that are at 17:30… Either I screw up the 12 hr change and can’t remember if the said 7 or 17 and then where the half hour falls before or after.