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Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 4,295 Send Message	Bev	Report	17 Sep 2008 18:15
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 4,295 Send Message	where an 0 is typed with a slash though the middle it means omega? i.e a letter o not the number 0
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 5,523 Send Message	~Summer Scribe~	Report	17 Sep 2008 18:17
	an 0 with a slash through it is usually zero isn't it?
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 16,538 Send Message	Dawnieher3headaches	Report	17 Sep 2008 18:18
	no means they got it wrong and had to cross it out
	Researching: Dove,Call,Trudgett,Andrews,Fossett,Milton
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 4,377 Send Message	MaggyfromWestYorkshire	Report	17 Sep 2008 18:18
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 4,377 Send Message	Just found this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega but it's not much help, sorry!
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 4,295 Send Message	Bev	Report	17 Sep 2008 18:19
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 4,295 Send Message	oh dang well which is it???
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 4,295 Send Message	Bev	Report	17 Sep 2008 18:19
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 4,295 Send Message	fgs maggie wheres eldrick when you need him??? he'd know lol bev
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 5,523 Send Message	~Summer Scribe~	Report	17 Sep 2008 18:20
	There are two greek letters that are O with a line either vertically or horizontally through them. They're not Omega though.
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 5,523 Send Message	~Summer Scribe~	Report	17 Sep 2008 18:21
	Bare with me and I'll try to find out.
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 5,523 Send Message	~Summer Scribe~	Report	17 Sep 2008 18:22
	Vertically = Phi Horizontally = Theta (although I think it's more a ~ than a -)
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 11,955 Send Message	Deanna	Report	17 Sep 2008 18:22
	Bev... don't confuse me with questions like that.;-0) An 'O' is a big enough problem for me. When reading an address, is it an 'O' or a ZERO?? Eldrick will tell you when he sees you. Deanna X
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 5,523 Send Message	~Summer Scribe~	Report	17 Sep 2008 18:22
	As Anita says, if it's a diagonal 'slash' then it's a zero
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 11,773 Send Message	MrDaff	Report	17 Sep 2008 18:23
	Hubby always puts a slash through the number 0.. He was trained to use that by the military..... also a little line at the base of a 6.... to show that it is a 6 and can't be turned upside down and confused with a 9, lol Love Daff xxx
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 7,819 Send Message	InspectorGreenPen	Report	17 Sep 2008 18:23
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 7,819 Send Message	The reason there is a slash across it is to differentiate between an 0 (zero) and an O (capital letter o) Europeans use it all the time, although less common over here.
Member Since: May 2005 Posts: 2,468 Send Message	Angela now in Wilts (not North Devon)	Report	17 Sep 2008 18:23
Member Since: May 2005 Posts: 2,468 Send Message	For what it's worth - I agree with McAnne :-) Angela
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 5,523 Send Message	~Summer Scribe~	Report	17 Sep 2008 18:24
	Daff, I do too, it's the scientist in me, same with putting a line through a 7 to highlight it's not a 1 LOL
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 4,295 Send Message	Bev	Report	17 Sep 2008 18:25
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 4,295 Send Message	so 0 with slash through middle is zero just making sure i got this right thanks bev
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 7,819 Send Message	InspectorGreenPen	Report	17 Sep 2008 18:26
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 7,819 Send Message	My wife always put a slash though her 7's. And she was a scouser......!?!
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 11,773 Send Message	MrDaff	Report	17 Sep 2008 18:26
	yep..... absolutely!! It was the way he was taught... he was also taught to write things in capitals, in a very specific way... the Royal Signals taught him, although he wasn't with them.. it was the way they transcribed the old Morse code. Love Daff xxx
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 4,295 Send Message	Bev	Report	17 Sep 2008 18:27
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 4,295 Send Message	ok thanks everyone Bev
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 11,773 Send Message	MrDaff	Report	17 Sep 2008 18:28
	Bev, slash from top left to bottom right as you look at it is Nought, the number!! Love Daff xxx

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