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It's indeed used for phonetic distinctness. The German word for 2 is "zwei", which is relatively close to and even rhymes with the word for 3 "drei". "Zwo" is
by DasIch 6y ago
It's indeed used for phonetic distinctness.
The German word for 2 is "zwei", which is relatively close to and even rhymes with the word for 3 "drei". "Zwo" is used to make it easier to distinguish the two.
- ahartmetz 6y ago"Fünnef" is / was(?) also used on radio for phonetic distinctness. In English there are "tree" and "niner".