From the Brits...

Right mate.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/naught%5B2%5D

Yes, but you're more likely to hear 09 rendered as "Oh nine". Similarly, 'phone numbers are pronounced, e.g., "oh-dubble-wun-ate ... " for "0118 ... ".

Nought and ought generally crop up in classrooms rather than general speech.

So, are nought and ought interchangeable? Or did I miss the question here?

how about in leftenant speech? (groans)

milo

We use nought comma three five for 0.35.

And what about double Oh seven.

0.35 would generally be pronounced "oh point three five" here, tho' "nought point three five" occurs sometimes.

Click for discussion re. nought & ought. I had some very old lecturers, who favoured the use of "ought" for zero, which is now generally considered archaic in this context.

We have 11 official languages here with each a different attack on pronunciation.

Maybe not qualified to comment but we were (and still is) a colony.

As a BTW (not entirely off-topic), the decimal separator appearing as a comma rather than a full stop can produce obscure software faults. VB uses the regional settings in the format() function. When formatting a decimal fraction as a string for programming, e.g., a Parker motor drive, the difference between "0.35" and "0,35" is critical - in the latter case the "," is interpreted as a parameter separator, and the command strings yield a syntax error - or worse!

This cropped up on some gear we took over to Italy last year.

`The comma as a decimal separator was introduced in SA some time ago. I am not even sure what the current status is but the fact is that some workers tend to use a comma and some the period. My solution was to pre-parse inputs and change it.

Maybe I am too soft on (not so sophisticated) workers but I find it better to correct their bad habits pragmatically than to find a fault later on or scrapping a production run.

Background - the software was done in 1990 in BP for dos with a lot of enhancing since. It still serves the intended purpose .

I am now converting to Delphi (6 or .net) but will retain the same functionality and feel. (and that is hard for an occasional programmer)

Nailed it dead on!

Why do I never think of Wiki?