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I too learnt of "noughties" recently. Never heard "aughts" before. But then again, English isn't my first language. Now that I think about it, I've heard peop
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I too learnt of "noughties" recently. Never heard "aughts" before.
But then again, English isn't my first language.
Now that I think about it, I've heard people here say, for example, "1 nought 1", "1 nought 2", "1 nought 3" etc for 101, 102, 103, and so on.
Of course, I always thought they said "1 'not' 1", and not "1 'nought' 1", and didn't ponder too much into it, even though neither of them made sense to me.
- jansan 4y agoHere is some advanced stuff from Monty PythonÄs Flying Circus: "Good afternoon and welcome to Lords on the second day of the first test. So far today we've had five hours batting from England and already they're nought for nought. Cowdrey is not out nought. Naughton is not in. Knott is in and is nought for not out. Naughton of Northants got a nasty knock on the nut in the nets last night but it's nothing of note. Next in is Nat Newton of Notts. Not Nutring - Nutting's at nine, er, Nutring knocked neatie nighty knock knock..." Here at timestamp 0:32 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6dl8og https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6dl8og